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.
A handbook dealing with problems and procedures in the areas of conduct, protocol, ethics, and court management; the various functions of related agencies; basic analysis of litigation; and general administrative matters that concern law clerks.
After initial forecast modeling was done for each district, circuit, and for the nation as a whole, case filing volumes for 42 case categories were projected for 1979, 1984, and 1995.
The results of a survey undertaken for the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System, in which the attitudes of federal judges regarding appellate oral argument and opinion-writing practices were explored.
This is a reference guide to the demographic, economic and social indicator variables used in the development of forecasts for case filing volumes in the federal district courts.