Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System : A Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits

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Courts of Appeals were designed to be a unifying force in American law and politics, but they also contribute to decentralization and regionalization of federal law. Woodford Howard studies three aspects of this problem: first, what binds the highly decentralized federal courts into a judicial syste...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howard, J. Woodford, Jr
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Court of Appeals (District of Columbia Circuit)
United States. > Court of Appeals (5th Circuit)
United States. > Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit)
Judicial process.
Appellate courts.
LAW > Constitutional.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Judicial process > United States.
Appellate courts > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Courts of Appeals were designed to be a unifying force in American law and politics, but they also contribute to decentralization and regionalization of federal law. Woodford Howard studies three aspects of this problem: first, what binds the highly decentralized federal courts into a judicial system; second, what controls the discretion of judges in making law and policy; and third, how can quality judicial decisions be maintained under heavy-volume pressure. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again ma.
Physical Description:1 online resource (488 pages).
ISBN:9781400855452

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