Citation

Christensen RK, Szmer J. Int. Rev. Law Econ. 2012; 32(1): 30-37.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.irle.2011.12.004

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Until recently (e.g. Lindquist, 2007), few studies have examined the factors that might affect aspects of judicial efficiency, including the time it takes a court to decide a case. In our analysis of a sample of U.S. Courts of Appeals decisions from 1971 to 1996, we examined a variety of potential causes of inefficiency, or pathologies, before suggesting a series of prescriptions.