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The Future Of Oral Arguments, Jay Tidmarsh
The Future Of Oral Arguments, Jay Tidmarsh
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The civil-justice literature is replete with discussions of two phenomena: case management and the vanishing trial. These two phenomena are not unrelated. One commonly state goal of case management is to find ways, other than trial, to resolve civil disputes that find their way into court. Some observers find the movements toward case management and away from trial to be salutary; others find them disquieting. Regardless of the merits of this debate, the delivery of civil justice is undeniably evolving.
This evolution affects and changes many of the traditional attributes of American-style civil justice. The Essay examines one of these …