Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System : : A Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits / / J. Woodford Howard.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Howard, J. Woodford,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]; ©1981
• Year of Publication: 2014
• Edition: Course Book
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library ; 647
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (446 p.)

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 make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Appendixes -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Part I. The Flow of Federal Litigation -- One. Courts of Appeals in the Governing Process -- Two. The Flow of Litigation in Three Courts Of Appeals -- Three. The Flow of Litigation in the Supreme Court -- Part II. The Roles of Circuit Judges -- Four. The Making of Circuit Judges -- Five. The Purposes of Courts of Appeals -- Six. Judicial Values and Judicial Votes -- Seven. Consensus and Conflict in Circuit Courts, an Informal View -- Eight. Leadership in the Allocation of Work -- Part III. Perspectives on Reform -- Nine. Strategies of Reform -- Appendix -- List of Abbreviations -- Bibliographic Notes -- Index