9509871 Sheldon This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) will support the completion of a political history of the Washington State Court of Appeals. It will analyze how that court evolved from its creation in 1969 and what has accounted for that evolution. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be gathered from court documents, interviews of judges and commissioners, and surveys of law clerks, experienced appellate attorneys and staff personnel. These data will be classified according to how the judges go about their tasks and how they interact with one another. Such data should help explain how the court meets its goals. The aging of the Court's personnel and the efficiency of data gathering during the P.I.'s university sabbatical provide an urgency to the research that justifies a SGER. %%%% This Small Grant for Exploratory Research (SGER) will support the completion of a political history of the Washington State Court of Appeals. It will analyze how that court evolved from its creation in 1969 and what has accounted for that evolution. Both quantitative and qualitative data will be gathered from court documents, interviews of judges and commissioners, and surveys of law clerks, experienced appellate attorneys and staff personnel. These data will be classified according to how the judges go about their tasks and how they interact with one another. Such data should help explain how the court meets its goals. The aging of the Court's personnel and the efficiency of data gathering during the P.I.'s university sabbatical provide an urgency to the research that justifies a SGER. ****

Agency
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Institute
Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES)
Type
Standard Grant (Standard)
Application #
9509871
Program Officer
Harmon M. Hosch
Project Start
Project End
Budget Start
1995-04-15
Budget End
1997-03-31
Support Year
Fiscal Year
1995
Total Cost
$9,350
Indirect Cost
Name
Washington State University
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Pullman
State
WA
Country
United States
Zip Code
99164