摘要：Published research on the legal process for the most part neglects the strategic importance of trial clerks in courtroom workgroups. Using a questionnaire survey, this study examines the duties and perceptions of clerks in civil courts in two states. Differences in work styles are related to differential modes of selection: appointment in Tennessee and election in Mississippi. Tennessee clerks follow a bureaucratic model while those in Mississippi follow a more political one. These differences may influence in large measure the kind and degree of outputs in the respective justice processes.
