Appellate courts in the United States
Author(s)
Bibliographic Information
Appellate courts in the United States
Thomson/West, c2006
2nd ed
Available at 3 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-107) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Includes purposes and functions served by appellate courts; the evolution of American appellate courts; the problem posed by, and the appellate courts' responses to, the late 20th-century ""crisis of volume"" in appeals; one- and two-level appellate systems and their relationships; structures and procedures for maintaining consistency in legal doctrine; personnel involved in appellate decisions; procedures of appellate courts; changes in internal decisionals in response to appellate growth; proposals for restructuring appellate courts and modifying their jurisdiction, and procedures to enable them to function effectively amidst an ever-increasing volume of appeals.
by "Nielsen BookData"