THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL SYSTEM |
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Authors: | MARK W. CANNON |
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Affiliation: | Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court |
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Abstract: | Since Chief Justice Taft's highly activist tenure, many people have looked to the Supreme Court for leadership in efforts to modernize federal judicial administration. This article reviews the role of the Chief Justice of the United States in federal judicial administration. as well as organizational and procedural improvements in court management at all three tiers of the federal court system, as seen by one trained in public administration Although improvement is apparent. other needed steps include less emphasis on the number of judgeships and more careful long-range planning and experimentation with new techniques |
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