Research

Scope and Content Note

Records in this series document issues including, but not limited to selection of judges; proposed judiciary article of state constitution; operational costs of the court system; proposed rules and amendment of Civil Practice Act; legal issues involving children; calendar congestion and delay; court system structure; the Judicial Conference; and comparative negligence.

Record types include reports and memorandums relating to the court systems of other states; topical reports and studies created or compiled by the commission; drafts of commission reports to the governor; drafts of sections of proposed judiciary article of state constitution; legislation proposed by the commission; financial records of state, county, and municipal courts; meeting agendas and minutes; press releases; and correspondence with judges, law school professors, bar and attorney associations, and interested citizens and advocacy groups.