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The Voir Dire Examination, Juror Challenges, and Adversary Advocacy

Gordon Bermant, John E. Shapard

January 1, 1978

A broad review of the legal and psychological issues presented by the voir dire examination and subsequent challenges of prospective jurors. The discussion is organized under four headings: interests, criteria, parameters, and methodology.

Courtran II Data Communications Requirements

Richard L. Deal & Associates Inc.

January 1, 1978

Courtran II Alternative Network Cost Analysis

Richard L. Deal & Associates Inc.

January 1, 1978

This report is the third of four prepared during a study of the communications requirements of the Courtran II processing system. This report analyzes and compares pricing for each of the primary Courtran II network alternatives.

Policies of the Parole Commission and the Bureau of Prisons as They Affect the Judge's Sentencing Opinions

Anthony Partridge, Alan J. Chaset, William B. Eldridge

January 1, 1978

This paper is an introduction to understanding the relationship between a judge's sentence of imprisonment and the actions of those agencies that have responsibility for an offender after sentencing.

Operation of the Federal Judicial Councils

Steven Flanders, John E. McDermott

January 1, 1978

An analysis of the creation and history of the councils, and an evaluation of the operation of the federal judicial councils before the 1980 statutory change.

Courtran II Alternative Network Configurations

Richard L. Deal & Associates Inc.

January 1, 1978

This report is the second of four prepared during a study of the communications requirements of the Courtran II processing system.

Improving the Federal Court Library System: Report and Recommendations Submitted to the Judicial Conference of the United States by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center

January 1, 1978

Nineteen recommendations for modernizing and improving the federal court library system, based on a survey of the legal research facilities and library services throughout the federal court system.

Assessing the Feasibility of Case Weighting as a Method of Determining Judicial Work Load

Terence Dungworth, Jack Hausner, Richard Hildenbrand, Gary Oleson

January 1, 1978

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Discovery

Paul R. J. Connolly, Edith A. Holleman, Michael J. Kuhlman

January 1, 1978

A description of the use of the discovery rules then in effect in a sample of more than 3,000 cases from six district courts. The report provides quantitative information on each discovery device and on discovery motions.

Time Trends in the Earnings of Attorneys: Preliminary Report

Kenneth W. Hansen

January 1, 1978

Federal Judicial Center

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Research Reports

The Voir Dire Examination, Juror Challenges, and Adversary Advocacy

Courtran II Data Communications Requirements

Courtran II Alternative Network Cost Analysis

Policies of the Parole Commission and the Bureau of Prisons as They Affect the Judge's Sentencing Opinions

Operation of the Federal Judicial Councils

Courtran II Alternative Network Configurations

Improving the Federal Court Library System: Report and Recommendations Submitted to the Judicial Conference of the United States by the Board of the Federal Judicial Center

Assessing the Feasibility of Case Weighting as a Method of Determining Judicial Work Load

Judicial Controls and the Civil Litigative Process: Discovery

Time Trends in the Earnings of Attorneys: Preliminary Report

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