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Case Management Procedures in the Federal Courts of Appeals, Second Edition This report details the varying appellate practices and procedures of the U.S. courts of appeals within the generally uniform appellate scheme imposed by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Part I of the report highlights key variations from court to court; Part II describes in detail the case management procedures of each court. |
January 1, 2011 |
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U.S. Rule of Law Assistance: A Guide for Judges Federal judges play an important role in many international rule of law projects carried out by the United States government. They provide commentary on constitutional law issues, assist with the drafting of judicial ethics codes, advise foreign judges on court management, and assist judicial councils with strategic planning. This guide, prepared by Shawna Wilson, Supreme Court Fellow at the Federal Judicial Center 2008-2009, provides an overview of how the U.S. |
January 1, 2011 |
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The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: A Guide for Judges [Superseded] The 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction is a treaty that governs proceedings for the prompt return of children who have been wrongfully taken or kept away from their "habitual residence." This guide provides an overview of the Hague Convention, focusing on the legal and procedural issues judges are likely to encounter during litigation under this treaty. |
January 1, 2012 |
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International Commercial Arbitration: A Guide for U.S. Judges Although U.S. federal courts across the country are seeing an ever-increasing number of cases associated with international commercial arbitration, few judges are familiar with this unique and complicated area of law. This guide offers judges a useful framework for analysis of matters relating to international commercial arbitration by providing a succinct and practical overview of the field as well as a specific, motion-by-motion discussion of the kinds of issues that commonly arise in U.S. |
January 1, 2012 |
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Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments This guide addresses the questions that may arise when a party to litigation in a U.S. court seeks to enforce a foreign judgment or to use a foreign judgment for preclusive effect in local litigation. Part II details the historical background of the applicable state law in recognition cases, and discusses the relationship between recognition and enforcement. |
January 1, 2012 |
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Major Issues in the Federal Law of Employment Discrimination, Fifth Edition An examination of the substantive and procedural provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. This fifth edition discusses the many and varied developments in the law through June 2011. The field of employment discrimination law continues to expand to cover new forms of discrimination and additional employment practices. Both new judicial decisions and new legislation have addressed the issues in this field in increasing detail. |
January 1, 2012 |
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Capital § 2254 Habeas Cases: A Pocket Guide for Judges This pocket guide provides a basic overview of the issues judges can expect to face when assigned a capital habeas case. It begins with appointment of counsel, budgeting concerns, and stays of execution. It then summarizes the primary procedural considerations that affect habeas cases - successive petitions, petition timeliness, state remedies exhaustion, procedural default, and amending a petition. |
January 1, 2012 |
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Patent Case Management Judicial Guide, Second Edition [Superseded] This is a comprehensive, user-friendly, and practical judicial guide for managing patent cases. |
January 1, 2012 |
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Managing Discovery of Electronic Information: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Second Edition [Superseded] This second-edition pocket guide helps federal judges manage the discovery of electronically stored information (ESI). |
May 21, 2012 |
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Confidential Discovery: A Pocket Guide on Protective Orders Among the reasons that courts issue protective orders in both civil and criminal cases is to keep discovery confidential on a showing of good cause. Experience has proved confidentiality protective orders to grease the wheels of discovery in many cases. The protective orders discussed in this pocket guide are different from sealing orders that protect the courts' own records and protective orders that protect information from discovery. |
July 8, 2012 |