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This new report details the varying appellate practices and procedures of the U.S. courts of appeals within the generally uniform appellate scheme imp...
This article explains the basic structure of modern court case management systems. More specifically, the author will discuss each of the four basic t...
The information in this report summarizes the latest available information about case processing time standards in use among state courts. Most of thi...
The purpose of this manual is to guide USAIDrule of law (ROL) officers in designing andimplementing initiatives that support thedevelopment or improve...
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Artículo preseleccionado en el Concurso “Premio Sistemas Judiciales para Jóvenes Autores”, organizado por el Centro de Estudios de Justicia de las Amé...
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Over the past decade, civil society has led a movement that encourages increased transparency and access to information in Latin America’s public inst...
This Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)report presents an overview of caseprocessing in the Federal criminal justicesystem. The data presented arecomp...
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La Gobernadora de Puerto Rico, Hon. Sila María Calderón, firmó en el 20 de diciembre 2002 la ley que concede autonomía presupuestaria a la Rama Judici...
The key method for avoiding contract of sale dispute is of course to recognize and deal with the areas of potential conflict when the contract is draf...
Systemic corruption within the justice system is commonly defined as the use of publicauthority for personal gain that results in an improper delivery...
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