LEADER 03904nam 22007811c 450 001 9910955421803321 005 20200115203623.0 010 $a9786610807987 010 $a9781472559524 010 $a1472559525 010 $a9781280807985 010 $a1280807989 010 $a9781847310552 010 $a1847310559 024 7 $a10.5040/9781472559524 035 $a(CKB)1000000000338479 035 $a(EBL)270694 035 $a(OCoLC)476004835 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000131566 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12053030 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000131566 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10008357 035 $a(PQKB)10999117 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1772508 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC270694 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1772508 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10276314 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL80798 035 $a(OCoLC)893332125 035 $a(OCoLC)191747112 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bpp09255705 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL270694 035 $a(OCoLC)437172940 035 $a(UtOrBLW)BP9781472559524BC 035 $a(Perlego)809793 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000338479 100 $a20140929d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCourts, justice and efficiency $ea socio-legal study of economic rationality in adjudication $fHector Fix-Fierro 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aOxford $aPortland, Oregon $cHart Publishing $d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (280 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781841133829 311 08$a1841133825 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [239]-264) and index 327 $a1. Introduction: Why Court Efficiency? -- 2. Litigation, Justice, and Efficiency -- 3. Selectivity -- 4. Processing Capacity -- Epilogue 330 8 $aThis study explores the socio-legal context of economic rationality in the legal and judicial systems. It examines the meaning and relevance of the concept of efficiency for the operation of courts and court systems,seeking to answer questions such as: in what sense can we say that the adjudicative process works efficiently? What are the relevant criteria for the measurement and assessment of court efficiency? Should the courts try to operate efficiently and to what extent is this viable? What is the proper relationship between 'efficiency' and 'justice' considerations in a judicial proceeding? To answer these questions, a conceptual framework is developed on the basis of empirical studies and surveys carried out mainly in the United States, Western Europe and Latin America. Two basic ideas emerge from it. First, economic rationality has penetrated the legal and judicial systems at all levels and dimensions, from the level of society as a whole to the day-to-day operation of the courts, from the institutional dimension of adjudication to the organizational context of judicial decisions. Far from being an alien value in the judicial process, efficiency has become an inseparable part of the structure of expectations we place on the legal system. Second, economic rationality is not the prevalent value in legal decision-making, as it is subject to all kinds of constraints, local conditions and concrete negotiations with other values and interests 606 $aJustice, Administration of 606 $2Legal profession: general 606 $aSociological jurisprudence 606 $aCourt administration 615 0$aJustice, Administration of. 615 0$aSociological jurisprudence. 615 0$aCourt administration. 676 $a340/.115 700 $aFix Fierro$b He?ctor$01867751 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955421803321 996 $aCourts, justice and efficiency$94475452 997 $aUNINA