Most Recent Articles from Justice System Journal

• LETTER FROM THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF 

  I am pleased to present issue 30:1, the first issue of 2009. As we approach the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, the importance...

  01/01/09 by Howard, Robert M · More from publication

• PRESENCE OF LOWER-COURT AMICI AS AN ASPECT OF SUPREME COURT AGENDA SETTING*, THE 

  The importance of agenda setting to understanding U.S. Supreme Court decision making cannot be gainsaid. Much information exists about cases the...

  01/01/09 by Hagle, Timothy M; Spaeth, Harold J · More from publication

• COURTING MULTIPLE AUDIENCES: THE STRATEGIC SELECTION OF LEGAL GROUNDINGS BY JUDGES ON THE U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS* 

  This study considers whether judges on the U.S. Courts of Appeals select legal groundings based on the expected responses of multiple audiences. It...

  01/01/09 by Hume, Robert J · More from publication

• IMPACT OF THE FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES AND REFORM: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS*, THE 

  In this article, application of the United States Sentencing Guidelines among district court judges adjudicating substantially similar drug cases...

  01/01/09 by Tiede, Lydia Brashear · More from publication

• PROBLEM SOLVING AND THE AMERICAN BENCH: A NATIONAL SURVEY OF TRIAL COURT JUDGES* 

  This article presents the results of a nationwide survey of more than 1,000 trial court judges concerning the potential to apply specialized...

  01/01/09 by Farole, Donald J · More from publication

• FROM THE BENCHES AND TRENCHES CASE MANAGEMENT INNOVATION IN A LARGE, URBAN TRIAL COURT: THE CRITICAL IMPORTANCE OF LEGAL STAKEHOLDER ATTITUDES 

  This article, based on research conducted in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Chicago) from June 2006 through March 2007, addresses the challenge...

  01/01/09 by Coolsen, James Peter · More from publication

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