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Author Howard, J. Woodford, Jr.

Title Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System : a Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits.

Publication Info. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource (445 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Princeton Legacy Library
Princeton legacy library.
Contents Cover; One · Courts of Appeals in the Governing Process; Part II · The Roles of Circuit Judges; Part III · Perspectives on Reform.
Summary Courts of Appeals were designed to be a unifying force in American law and politics, but they also contribute to decentralization and regionalization of federal law. Woodford Howard studies three aspects of this problem: first, what binds the highly decentralized federal courts into a judicial system; second, what controls the discretion of judges in making law and policy; and third, how can quality judicial decisions be maintained under heavy-volume pressure. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again ma.
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Subject United States. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
United States. Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
United States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
United States. Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit)
United States. Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit)
Appellate courts -- United States.
Appellate courts.
United States.
Judicial process -- United States.
Judicial process.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Howard, J. Woodford, Jr. Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System : A Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2014
ISBN 9781400855452 (electronic book)
1400855454 (electronic book)