| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 237 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
A brief history of the circuit courts -- The publication plans -- The premises of the argument for limited publication -- The counter-arguments -- The life and death of the no-citation rules -- The Constitution and unpublished opinions -- Restricting oral argument -- Additional decision makers : deciding by bureaucracy -- The cumulative effect of the appellate triage regime -- Commissions, studies, reports, and proposals -- The obvious solution and the judicial opposition -- The need for a small federal judiciary : reasons, arguments, and refutations -- Jurisdictional retrenchment : of babies and bath water -- Elitism and diversity |
| Summary |
This title chronicles the transformation of the United States Circuit Courts; considers the merits and dangers of continued truncating procedures; catalogues and responds to the array of specious arguments against increasing the size of the judiciary; and considers several ways of reorganizing the circuit courts so that they can dispense traditional high quality appellate justice even as their caseloads and the number of appellate judgeships increase |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Appellate courts -- United States
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Appellate procedure -- United States
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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Appellate courts
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Appellate procedure
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Reynolds, William L., 1945-
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| ISBN |
0199332398 |
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9780199332397 |
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9780199711871 |
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0199711879 |
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