Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2006 • The 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice

Foreword


Reading about the National Conference

Nancy Bellhouse May

2006-03-31 Volume 8 • Issue 1 • 2006 • The 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice

Background


Statement on the Functions and Future of Appellate Lawyers

The American Academy of Appellate Lawyers

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1955-2004 Statistical Data Regarding Federal Courts

The Federal Judicial Center

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Statistical Data Regarding State Courts

The National Center for State Courts

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Introduction


Planning and Conduct of the National Conference

Arthur J. England Jr.

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Introduction to the National Conference

Daniel J. Meador

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Keynote Address


The Old Order Changes

Shirley S. Abrahamson

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Remarks


Introduction to Justice Breyer's Remarks

Oscar G. Chase

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Reflections on the Role of Appellate Courts: A View from the Supreme Court

Stephen G. Breyer

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Selected Presentations from the General Sessions


Applied Freakonomics: Explaining the Crisis of Volume

Thomas E. Baker

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No Court Is an Island

Robert A. Katzmann

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Precedent in the Federal Courts of Appeals: An Endangered or Invasive Species?

John B. Oakley

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Demand and Supply Trends in Federal and State Courts over the Last Half Century

Richard A. Posner

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Conference Report


The View from the Trenches: A Report on the Breakout Sessions at the 2005 National Conference on Appellate Justice

Arthur D. Hellman

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Closing Address


Building an Appellate System Worthy of a Great Nation

Randall T. Shepard

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