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1 online resource (xvi, 413 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents |
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""I The Institution""; ""1 The Organization of the Federal Courts""; ""The basic structure""; ""The judges""; ""The state courts compared""; ""2 The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts""; ""II The Challenge""; ""3 The Growth of the Caseload""; ""Caseload �""; ""Versus Workload""; ""Caseload and workload in the Supreme Court""; ""The Chicken Little question""; ""4 Why the Caseload Has Grown So""; ""Models of caseload growth""; ""The district courts""; ""The courts of appeals""; ""The Supreme Court""; ""5 Consequences: The System Expands �"" |
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""More judges, working harder""""The rise of the law clerk""; ""6 � And Is Streamlined""; ""Curtailment of oral argument""; ""Nonpublication of opinions""; ""The standard of review, the trend toward “ruledness�, summariness""; ""Sanctions""; ""III Incremental Reform""; ""7 Palliatives""; ""Upping the ante""; ""Limiting or abolishing diversity jurisdiction""; ""Better management""; ""Alternative dispute resolution""; ""The reform of the bar""; ""8 Specialized Courts""; ""Specialized Article III courts""; ""Rethinking administrative review""; ""IV Fundamental Reform"" |
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""9 The Role of Federal Courts in a Federal System""""The optimal scope of federal jurisdiction""; ""Specific caseload implications""; ""10 Federal Judicial Self-Restraint""; ""Principled adjudication""; ""The meaning and consequences of judicial activism and self-restraint""; ""The restraint ratchet and other extensions""; ""11 The Federal Judicial Craft""; ""District judges""; ""The institutional responsibilities of federal appellate judges""; ""Rule versus standard again""; ""Stare decisis""; ""Appendix: Supplementary""; ""Index"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Courts -- United States.
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Courts. |
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United States. |
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Judicial process -- United States.
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Judicial process. |
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Judges -- United States.
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Judges. |
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Court congestion and delay -- United States.
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Court congestion and delay. |
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Federal courts |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Posner, Richard A. Federal courts. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996 0674296265 9780674296268 (DLC) 96019516 (OCoLC)34618158 |
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9780674042247 (electronic book) |
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0674042247 (electronic book) |
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0674296265 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780674296268 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780674296275 |
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0674296273 |
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