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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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Benchbook for U.S. District Courts, Seventh Edition The Benchbook is an ongoing compilation of information that federal judges have found useful for immediate bench or chambers reference in civil and criminal proceedings. It contains sections on such topics as assignment of counsel, taking guilty pleas, standard voir dire questions, sentencing, and contempt. |
February 18, 2026 |
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Bellwether Trials in MDL Proceedings: A Guide for Transferee Judges This pocket guide was created to provide transferee judges handling multidistrict litigation (MDL) with an overview of the bellwether trial process. Bellwether trials are one of many case-management tools available to MDL transferee judges. Although bellwether trials are not appropriate for every MDL proceeding, this guide outlines practical considerations for establishing and implementing bellwether protocols in proceedings where a court chooses to utilize them. |
May 15, 2019 |
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Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Managing Fee Litigation, Third Edition Awarding Attorneys’ Fees and Managing Fee Litigation (Third Edition) analyzes the law of attorneys' fee awards under fee-shifting statutes, the common fund doctrine and its progeny, and the substantial benefit doctrine. |
August 31, 2015 |
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Approaches to Federal Judicial History This volume presents recent scholarship on the history of the federal court system. The main themes include the practices and importance of the lower federal courts, the relationship between district and circuit courts and the Supreme Court, and the broader role of the federal court system in American economy and society. |
January 23, 2020 |
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Antitrust Law: Section 1 of the Sherman Act This monograph provides an overview of one of the principal sections of antitrust law, § 1 of the Sherman Act, and describes the statutory framework as well as analyzes the case law. |
December 14, 2021 |
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An Introduction to Artificial Intelligence for Federal Judges This guide addresses questions related to Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the judicial process by providing some technical background and highlighting potential legal issues. In discussing how AI is used today and may be used in the future, the guide does not endorse that use in any particular context or application. |
February 13, 2023 |
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ADR and Settlement in the Federal District Courts: A Sourcebook for Judges and Lawyers Based on a survey of the federal district courts and an analysis of their rules, this sourcebook describes in detail how each court's ADR and settlement procedures functioned at the time of the survey. |
January 1, 1996 |
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Admiralty and Maritime Law, Second Edition This monograph introduces federal judges to admiralty and maritime law, including the rules relating to jurisdiction and procedure that are peculiar to this field. The author covers areas relating to commercial law, such as charter parties, carriage of goods, and marine insurance. The second edition provides the most recent case citations, expanded coverage of maritime personal injury, updated material on jurisdiction, and new references to classification society liability. |
January 1, 2013 |
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A Primer on the Jurisdiction of the U.S. Courts of Appeals, Third Edition This primer is a brief introduction to the complexity and nuance in the subject-matter jurisdiction of the U.S. courts of appeals. It examines procedural issues related to the exercise of appellate jurisdiction in appeals from final judgments and interlocutory appeals. It covers civil and criminal appeals, extraordinary writs, and federal administrative agency reviews. |
August 3, 2023 |