Peter Low papers on the Virginia Commission on Constitutional Revision
Dates
- Creation: 1967 - 1968
Creator
- Low, Peter W. (Person)
Biographical / Historical
In 1968 the Virginia General Assembly commissioned a group of nineteen men to study the Virginia constitution, with the intent of revision. University of Virginia law professor A. E. Dick Howard was the executive director of the commission, and Peter Low was a member of counsel. During the summer of 1968, Low worked as chairman of the legislative and judicial subcommittee, and was assisted in research by Virginia law students Nancy Buc, Judith Ann Arlt, Richard Hogan, and Gail Marshall. One of the primary questions they considered concerning the legislature was whether the General Assembly should continue on biennial sessions, or switch to annual; some of the important judicial matters to be considered were the selection, disability, and tenure of judges.
Research was carried out in libraries, in communications with people in other state governments, in interviews with Virginia legislators and judges, and through public hearings held throughout Virginia.
Full Extent
1.3 Cubic Feet (4 boxes (1.3 linear ft.))
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Professor Peter Low donated these papers in December of 1978.
Subject
- Howard, A. E. Dick (Person)
- Low, Peter W. (Person)
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Sponsor
- Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Repository Details
Part of the Arthur J. Morris Law Library Special Collections Repository
Arthur J. Morris Law Library
580 Massie Road
University of Virginia
Charlottesville Virginia 22903 United States
archives@law.virginia.edu