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

Foreword

Reading about the National Conference

  • Nancy Bellhouse May

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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