Examining the efficiency of the U.S. courts of appeals: Pathologies and prescriptions

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• 作者：Robert K. Christensen^a ; ¹ ; ^rc@uga.edu ; John Szmer^b ; ¹ ; ^{jjszmer@uncc.edu}
• 刊名：International Review of Law and Economics
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：50_01448188
• 类别：soc
• 出版时间：March, 2012
• 卷：32
• 期：1
• 页码：30-37
• 文件大小：359 K

摘要

Until recently (e.g. ), few studies have examined the factors that might affect aspects of judicial efficiency, including the time it takes a court to decide a case. In our analysis of a sample of U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions from 1971 to 1996, we examined a variety of potential causes of inefficiency, or pathologies, before suggesting a series of prescriptions.