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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785166403321

Autore

Wilson Steven Harmon <1964->

Titolo

The rise of judicial management in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1955-2000 [[electronic resource] /] / Steven Harmon Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, GA, : University of Georgia Press, c2002

ISBN

1-282-72605-6

9786612726057

0-8203-2728-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (576 p.)

Collana

Studies in the legal history of the South

Disciplina

347.73/53

Soggetti

Justice, Administration of - Texas - History

Complex litigation - Texas - History

Court administration - Texas - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 521-545) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The varieties of public school desegregation -- Legislation, litigation, and judicial economy -- The rules and exceptions of border justice -- Managing "our federalism" in the Southern District -- Judicial management of triethnic integration -- Federal criminal justice on trial in the 1970's -- Adjuncts and the oversight of corporate misconduct -- Masters, magistrates, and managerial judges.