The Papers of Peter Low (Working Materials for the Commission on Constitutional Revision), 19681967-1968 MSS 78-12 MSS.78.12 The Papers of Peter Low (Working Materials for the Commission on Constitutional Revision), 1967-1968MSS 78-12
The Papers of Peter Low (Working Materials for the Commission on Constitutional Revision), 1967-1968 collectionnumber MSS 78-12
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The Papers of Peter Low (Working Materials for the Commission on Constitutional Revision) 1967-1968
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes and research papers from the Legislative and Judicial subcommittee of the Commission on
Constitutional Revision (1967-1968) that Peter Low and student assistants Nancy Buc, Judith Ann Arlt, Richard Hogan, and Gail
Marshall compiled.
In 1968 the General Assembly commissioned a group of 19 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.