Reimagining courts : a design for the twenty-first century /

"In their timely and topical book, Reimagining Courts, Victor Flango and Thomas Clarke argue that courts are a victim of their own success. Disputes that once were resolved informally either within the family or within the community are now handled mainly by courts, thus straining government ag...

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Main Author: Flango, Victor E., 1942-
Other Authors: Clarke, Thomas M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Temple University Press, 2015
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Table of Contents:
  • Overview
  • Part I. Aligning image with reality
  • Why courts need to be redesigned
  • What courts actually do
  • Part II. Triage and the four case-processing tracks
  • Triage : separating cases by processing required
  • The adversary process
  • The dispositional process
  • Administrative processing
  • The problem solving process
  • Implications of the problem solving approach for court reform
  • Part III. Making the reimagined court a reality
  • Case-triage strategies in action
  • Implementing the vision of a modern court