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Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System: A Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Courts of Appeals in the Federal Judicial System: A Study of the Second, Fifth, and District of Columbia Circuits
Contributors:
By (Author) J. Woodford Howard
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
28th June 2016
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
347.7324
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Hardback
Number of Pages:
446
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 229mm
Weight:
794g
Description
Courts of Appeals were designed to be a unifying force in American law and politics, but they also contribute to decentralization and regionalization of federal law. Woodford Howard studies three aspects of this problem: first, what binds the highly decentralized federal courts into a judicial system; second, what controls the discretion of judges
