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7. The evolution of state justice. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 384.)
8. Function of the state court. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 387.)
9. Methods of choosing judges in the various states. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 388.)
10. Procedure in the state courts. (Kimball, State and Municipal Government in the United States, chapter xv.)
11. The system of appeals in state courts. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 150-158.)
12. Politics and the state courts. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 158-168.)
13. Defects in the enforcement of law. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 173-180.)
14. Relation of judicial inefficiency to crime. (Reinsch, Readings on American State Government, pages 181-198.)
15. Legal claims against the state. (Reinch, Readings on American State Government, pages 168-172.)
16. Necessity of judicial independence. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 391.)
17. The significance of lawyers in the United States. (Gettell, Readings in Political Science, page 390.)
18. A summary of the defects of the State judiciary. (Bryce, The American Commonwealth, vol. i, chapter xlii.)
FOR CLASSROOM DISCUSSION
19. Should a jury sitting in a criminal trial be required to render an unanimous verdict or simply a majority decision?
20. Should state judges be chosen directly by the people, or selected by the state legislature, or appointed by the Governor?
21. Should judges be subject to the Recall?
22. Should the entire civil law of your state be codified?
23. Advantages and disadvantages of separate administrative courts. (See Gettell, Readings in Political Science, pages 392-393.)