Inside appellate courts : the impact of court organization on judicial decision making in the United States Courts of Appeals / Jonathan Matthew Cohen.

Author
Cohen, Jonathan Matthew [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2002.
Description
xii, 231 pages ; 24 cm

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    "Inside Appellate Courts is a comprehensive study of how the decisions of appellate judges are affected by the way a court is organized. Drawing on interviews with more than 75 federal appellate judges and law clerks, Jonathan Cohen challenges the assumption that increasing caseloads and bureaucratization have impinged on judges' abilities to bestow justice. By viewing the courts of appeals as large-scale organizations, Inside Appellate Courts elucidates how courts have walked the tightrope between justice and efficiency to increase the number of cases they decide without sacrificing their ability to dispense a high level of justice."--Jacket.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • The bureaucratization of the U.S. Courts of Appeals
    • The organizational character of the U.S. Courts of Appeals
    • The formal features of the U.S. Courts of Appeals
    • The internal structure of the appellate judicial chambers and the role of the law clerk
    • Structure and the interaction among judicial chambers
    • Organizational culture in the appellate judicial process
    • Tilting the balance : organizational behavior and organizational change in the U.S. Courts of Appeals.
    ISBN
    • 0472112562 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
    • 9780472112562 ((cloth ; : acid-free paper))
    LCCN
    2001004249
    OCLC
    47443766
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