Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System : a Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits.
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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (445 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781400855452 1400855454 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |