The federal courts : challenge and reform / Richard A. Posner.
1996
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Author
Title
The federal courts : challenge and reform / Richard A. Posner.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Call Number
KF8700 .P67 1996
ISBN
0674296265 (cloth : alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 413 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)34618158
Note
Revised edition of: Federal courts : crisis and reform. 1985.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Preface
I
The Institution
1The Organization of the Federal Courts
3
2The Jurisdiction of the Federal Courts
40
II
The Challenge
3The Growth of the Caseload
53
4Why the Caseload Has Grown So
87
5Consequences: The System Expands...
124
6... And Is Streamlined
160
III
Incremental Reform
7Palliatives
193
8Specialized Courts
244
IV
Fundamental Reform
9The Role of Federal Courts in a Federal System
273
10Federal Judicial Self-Restraint
304
11The Federal Judicial Craft
335
Appendix: Supplementary Tables
385
Index
403