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Reports & Studies
Below is a list of a number of past published studies conducted by the Research Division. Some Center reports are not published or made publicly available due to restrictions in place from the source of the research request. Most research reports can be downloaded and in some instances, a hardcopy publication can be requested. See also Manuals, Monographs, & Guides.
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Administrative Structures in Large District Courts An early comparative analysis of management styles in the fifteen metropolitan district courts. The report is based on personal interviews with chief judges, clerks of court, and other judges and circuit personnel. It describes the many administrative tasks courts face and the various arrangements they have devised to perform those tasks. |
January 1, 1981 |
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Disqualification of Federal Judges by Peremptory Challenge An analysis of statutory procedures proposed in the early 1980s, and which continue to arise, that would allow federal litigants to challenge, on a peremptory basis, the federal judge or magistrate judge assigned to their case. Prepared at the request of the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, the report discusses the proposals that have been offered on the federal level, analyzes the procedures then in effect in seventeen state court systems, and considers the possible administrative consequences of a federal peremptory challenge procedure. |
January 1, 1981 |
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Experimentation in the Law: Report of the Federal Judicial Center Advisory Committee on Experimentation in the Law The committee examined the ethical and legal problems posed by experimentation with innovative programs and procedures in the justice system. The report offers guidance to justice system administrators to help ensure that needed experimentation is pursued in a manner commensurate with fundamental ideals of the system of justice. The report presents a comprehensive approach to addressing the need for experimentation as a means for improving the operation of the justice system and describes the ethical and legal constraints on such experimentation. |
January 1, 1981 |
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Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges [Superseded] A description of the statutory sentencing alternatives in the federal courts. Addressed primarily to newly appointed district judges, the report relates sentencing alternatives to the policies of the agencies that carry out the sentences, particularly the Bureau of Prisons and the Parole Commission. Superseded by Sentencing Options of Federal District Judges (1983). |
January 1, 1981 |
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A Comparative Study of Jury Selection Systems: An Empirical Analysis of First-Class Versus Certified Mail for Service of Summons and Simultaneous Versus Separate Delivery of Summons and Qualification Questionnaire An analysis of the benefits that might derive from district courts- altering their juror selection procedures. Two procedures are examined: (1) using regular first-class mail rather than certified mail for delivery of juror summonses and (2) delivering the juror qualification questionnaire and summons together rather than at separate times. Given that the conclusions of the study were mixed, the report recommends that the Jury Selection Act be amended to permit either or both procedures at the option of the individual district. |
January 1, 1981 |
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Due Process at Sentencing: An Empirical and Legal Analysis of the Disclosure of Presentence Reports in Federal Courts A factual and legal review of practices in courts and probation offices concerning the preparation and disclosure of presentence reports. The authors analyze the impact of the disclosure mandated by Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(c)(3) on the federal sentencing process, and they make recommendations for improvements. Reprint of 93 Harvard Law Review 1613 (June 1980). |
June 1, 1980 |
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Follow-Up Study of Word Processing and Electronic Mail in the Third Circuit Court of Appeals A supplementary report to a 1979 report undertaken at the court's request because evidence to support permanent installation of the electronic-mail capability was inconclusive as a result of certain technological and operational problems. This follow-up study describes various refinements in the system and documents the efficiencies attributable to the technology in the Third Circuit. See also The Impact of Word Processing and Electronic Mail on United States Courts of Appeals (1979). |
January 1, 1980 |
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Discovery Problems in Civil Cases A description of responses obtained during interviews with attorneys who had participated in cases believed to have involved discovery problems. The analysis focused on differences between cases involving over-discovery and cases involving resistance to discovery. Factors affecting discovery problems are also discussed. |
January 1, 1980 |
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Attorneys' Fees in Class Actions A circuit-by-circuit review of case law governing award of attorneys' fees in class actions and an examination of abuses in fee requests. The report also includes a discussion of judges' and attorneys' attitudes toward fee computation. Recommendations focus on procedures, implemented early in litigation, designed to avoid problems when fee requests are submitted. |
January 1, 1980 |
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Research Design for a Permanent Event-Based Case Weighting System for the Federal Judiciary - |
January 1, 1980 |