Court Administration
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Restorative Justice: A New Conversation for Victims and Offenders
by Mariah Bauguess and Juan G. Villaseñor
Vol. 108 No. 3 (2025) | Problem-Solving CourtsRestorative justice practices have become increasingly common in the United States over the past several decades. In principle, restorative justice “views crime not as a depersonalized breaking of the law […]
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Courting Quality: A Survey of Quality Management Practices in American Courts
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?Quality management — or the practices an organization creates to ensure customer requirements are met — is usually associated with the corporate world. But its aims are just as relevant to […]
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“But Is It Reasoned?”
Vol. 108 No. 2 (2024) | Judges Under Siege?When it comes to finding reasons in arbitration awards, some courts are being, well, unreasonable.
A Finer Point
Better Services for Familiar Faces
by Briana H. Zamora and Michael Boggs
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeUnderstanding mental illness and addiction is rarely thought of as part of the necessary education for judges. Yet judges throughout our country are continually forced to confront the effects of […]
Point/Counterpoint
The Docket Debate
by Stephen Vladeck and Trevor N. McFadden
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeEmergency appeals to the Supreme Court are on the rise, giving way to more and more cases in which the Court skips the processes that help explain its work. Is […]
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Salus Populi: Educating Judges on the Social Determinants of Health
by Linda Tvrdy, Elaine Marshall, Katherine P. Hazen, Alexandra M. Alden, Alisa K. Lincoln and Wendy E. Parmet
Vol. 108 No. 1 (2024) | Harnessing AI for JusticeEmpirical research confirms what may be intuitive: Judicial decisions can have a powerful effect on the health outcomes of both individuals and communities. Certainly, when judges review or interpret laws, regulations, […]
Feature, In Conversation
In Conversation with Stephen Gageler, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia
by Stephen Gageler and David Collins
Judicature International (2024) | An online-only publicationChief Justice Gageler speaks about his role and potential solutions to a few complex — and often global — problems that face the Australian judiciary.
Briefs
The Unclear and Uneasy Role of State Courts in Implementing Federal Policy
Vol. 107 No. 3 (2024) | JustitiaThe Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) was enacted in 2022. One of the law’s goals is to reduce gun violence by strengthening background checks for potential gun purchasers between the […]
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The Courthouse Ethics and Transparency Act: New Obligations for Federal Judges
by Albert Diaz and Steven J. Alagna
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsThe debate over an ethics code for Supreme Court justices has made headlines recently. But the justices — along with the rest of the federal judiciary — have long been […]
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What Can Be Done About Backlogs?
by Merritt McAlister, Adalberto Jordán and Kimberly J. Mueller
Vol. 107 No. 2 (2023) | Generative AI in the CourtsNo new judgeships have been authorized for the federal courts of appeals in more than 40 years, resulting in a system that is burdened by large caseloads: By 2021, filings […]