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If I Had More Time, Would I Have Written A Shorter And Faster Decision? An Empirical Examination Of The Evolution Of Trial Court Decisions, Jon Khan Aug 2022

If I Had More Time, Would I Have Written A Shorter And Faster Decision? An Empirical Examination Of The Evolution Of Trial Court Decisions, Jon Khan

Dalhousie Law Journal

This article draws from my 2019 LLM thesis on Canadian judicial decisions, where I sought to understand two things: how current approaches to judicial decision-writing may impact access to justice and how might we make decisions a better source of data while also making them more timely, concise, accessible, and consistent. It presents the results and analysis of an original empirical study of the evolution of British Columbia trial decisions over 40 years (1980–2018). It argues that the current process for writing Canadian judicial decisions likely does not further the goals of access to justice and may even hinder them. …


Intelligible Justice, Michael Serota Apr 2012

Intelligible Justice, Michael Serota

University of Miami Law Review

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Assuring Access To Justice: The Role Of The Judge In Assisting Pro Se Litigants In Litigating Their Cases In New York City’S Housing Court, Paris R. Baldacci Jan 2006

Assuring Access To Justice: The Role Of The Judge In Assisting Pro Se Litigants In Litigating Their Cases In New York City’S Housing Court, Paris R. Baldacci

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