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Improving The Appellate Process Worldwide Through Maximizing Judicial Resources, Honorable J. Clifford Wallace
Improving The Appellate Process Worldwide Through Maximizing Judicial Resources, Honorable J. Clifford Wallace
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
As the number of cases filed each year has surged, U.S. federal appellate courts have evolved in order to fulfill their core functions of deciding appeals and setting guiding precedent. Many of the challenges created by overwhelming caseloads are also being tackled in foreign judicial systems. In this Article, Judge Wallace offers the approach of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit as a possible model of reform, although he also points out that each judiciary will need to tailor reform efforts to its particular circumstances. In Part II, Judge Wallace details several of the case management …