Specialized justice : courts, administrative tribunals, and a cross-national theory of specialization /

Addresses the question of the desirability of specialization in the administration of justice. The author examines theoretical paradigms and the results of two empirical studies.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Legomsky, Stephen H.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	Oxford : Clarendon, 1990.
Subjects:	Administrative courts > United States. Administrative courts > New Zealand. Tribunaux administratifs > États-Unis. Tribunaux administratifs > Nouvelle-Zélande. Administrative courts New Zealand United States Verwaltungsgerichtsbarkeit Verwaltungsgericht Neuseeland USA Specialisatie. Rechterlijke organisatie. Rechtspleging. Nieuw-Zeeland. Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland. Verenigde Staten. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Specialized Justice
The Benefits and the Costs
The Quality of the End-Product
The Efficiency of the Process
The Acceptability of the Package
The Criteria
The General Recipe
The Specific Ingredients
Mix of Late, Fact, and Discretion
Technical Complexity
Degree of Isolation
Cobesiveness
Degree of Repetition
Degree of Controversy
Clannishness
Peculiar Importance of Consistency
Dynamism
Logistics: Volume, Time per Case, and Geographic Distribution
Special Need for Prompt Resolution
Unique Procedural Needs
The Models
The Variables
The Argument for the Multiple-Speciality Unit
The Multiple-Speciality Model in Operation: New Zealand's Administrative Division
On Paper and in Practice
Jurisdiction
Personnel
Procedure
An Appraisal
Suitability of Subject-Matter: Why Administrative Late?
Quality of Decisions
Impact of Low Volumes
Appointment of Division Members
Use of Division Members
Conclusions on the Administrative Division
The Inter-Nation Variables
Government and Legal System
Population, Geography, and Demographics.