An analysis of the creation and history of the councils, and an evaluation of the operation of the federal judicial councils before the 1980 statutory change. The authors assess the effectiveness of the guidelines for council activity that the Judicial Conference of the United States promulgated in 1974.
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Operation of the Federal Judicial Councils
January 1, 1978
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