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What Shapes Perceptions Of The Federal Court System?, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab Apr 1989

What Shapes Perceptions Of The Federal Court System?, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Two hundred years is a long time. It is too long after formation of a court system to ask such basic questions as (1) what cases occupy the system, and (2) whether even informed professionals have a reasonable picture of what goes on within the system. Nonetheless, continuing debate about the volume and makeup of litigation in general and of federal court litigation in particular requires legal scholars to address these questions. Professor Marc Galanter's work on the litigation explosion questions central assumptions about the nature and growth of the federal docket. Our prior work undermines widely held views about …


Explaining Constitutional Tort Litigation: The Influence Of The Attorney Fees Statute And The Government As Defendant, Stewart J. Schwab, Theodore Eisenberg May 1988

Explaining Constitutional Tort Litigation: The Influence Of The Attorney Fees Statute And The Government As Defendant, Stewart J. Schwab, Theodore Eisenberg

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

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The Reality Of Constitutional Tort Litigation, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab May 1987

The Reality Of Constitutional Tort Litigation, Theodore Eisenberg, Stewart J. Schwab

Cornell Law Faculty Publications