The Story of the California Judges Association: The First Sixty Years

Andersen, Cameron Estelle. The Story of the California Judges Association: The First Sixty Years. San Francisco: Bancroft-Whitney, 1992. xix, 278 pp., illustrations. Publisher's orange cloth, with decorative front cover and gilt stamped spine, near fine. Internally clean and bright. $20. * A comprehensive institutional history detailing the foundational decades of the premier professional organization for California's judicial officers. Chronicling the association from its 1929 inception through the early 1990s, the narrative holds significant historical value for its insider look at the structural modernization of the state's third branch of government. Andersen examines how the organization navigated complex mid-century challenges, including the establishment of judicial ethics standards, the post-war expansion of the state court system, and the evolving legislative battles over judicial selection, retention, and compensation.