Document Type
Article
Publication Title
Northwestern University Law Review
Publication Date
2004
ISSN
0029-3571
Page Number
545
Keywords
judges, court administration, court congestion and delay, managing dockets, reviewing briefs, issuing opinons
Disciplines
Civil Procedure | Courts | Judges | Law
Abstract
If "justice delayed" is "justice denied,"justice is often denied in American courts. Delay in the courts is a "ceaseless and unremitting problem of modem civil justice" that "has an irreparable effect on both plaintiffs and defendants." To combat this seemingly intractable problem, judges and court administrators routinely clamor for additional judicial resources to enable them to manage their dockets more "effectively and efficiently." By building new courthouses and adding new judgeships, a court should be able to manage its caseload more efficiently. Trial judges should be able to hold motion hearings, host settlement conferences, and conduct trials in a timely fashion; appellate judges should be able to review briefs, hear oral arguments, and issue opinions expeditiously; and the crippling delay that often hobbles litigants and lawyers should give way to the speedy (or at least speedier) resolution of disputes.
Recommended Citation
Tracey E. George and Chris Guthrie,
Induced Litigation, 98 Northwestern University Law Review. 545
(2004)
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