A description of how chief judges of the federal appellate courts discharged their administrative responsibilities in the early 1980s, based on interviews with chief judges, circuit executives, and other court personnel.
An analysis, produced for a symposium on federal judicial administration, of the ways in which technology helped the courts in the 1970s and 1980s and of how the special characteristics of courts affect their receptivity to technological innovation.
A description of the broad impact of judicial administration policies and of how research can inform judicial administration policy decisions. The author outlines the research mission of the Federal Judicial Center and explains how the Center's research objectives are de-ned.
An early comparative analysis of management styles in the fifteen metropolitan district courts. The report is based on personal interviews with chief judges, clerks of court, and other judges and circuit personnel.
A survey of the experiences of official federal court reporters using computer-aided transcription (CAT) technologies. The study reports mixed evaluations of the relative costs and benefits of CAT.
A description of the implementation in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals of word processing and an electronic-mail network using Courtran computer resources.
An oft-cited analysis of the differences between court management procedures resulting in fast versus slow processing and those resulting in high versus low rates of disposition.