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The Federal Appellate Judiciary in the Twenty-first Century

Cynthia E. Harrison, Russell R. Wheeler, John Cooper Godbold, William Hubbs Rehnquist, Griffin B. Bell, John J. Gibbons, William J. Bauer, Martin H. Redish, Levin Hicks Campbell, Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr., Jon O. Newman, Paul D. Carrington, William Judson Holloway Jr., Joseph Francis Weis Jr., William W Schwarzer, Laurence H. Tribe, Alvin B. Rubin, Robert C. Murphy, A. Leo Levin, Byron R. White, Donald Pomery Lay, Pierce Lively, Mary M. Schroeder, Charles Clark, Harrison L. Winter, Patricia McGowan Wald, Wilfred Feinberg, Howard T. Markey, Frank Morey Coffin, William J. Brennan Jr.

January 1, 1989

The October 1988 conference for all federal appellate judges recognized the 200th anniversary of the federal judicial system. It provided an opportunity for collective analysis on the future of the appellate courts. This collection of essays by scholars and jurists on the future of the federal appeals courts is based on presentations given at the conference.

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The Federal Appellate Judiciary in the Twenty-first Century