Reducing Court Delays : Five Lessons from the United States

Messick, Richard ; Shuker, Nan ; Pace, Nicholas ; Ostrom, Brian

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACTS;    ARREST;    BREACH OF CONTRACT;    CASE MANAGEMENT;    CIVIL ACTIONS;   

RP-ID  :  21584

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

For almost 50 years judges, lawyers, andpolicymakers in the United States have experimented withways to speed up the processing of civil and criminal cases.Several lessons have emerged from this effort: a) Delayscannot be legislated away. b) Commitment is essential. c)Incentives must be addressed. d) Solid empirical analysis iscrucial. e) Successful programs may not reduce delays.Perhaps the most surprising is that a well-conceived delayreduction program can improve the quality of the justicesystem even if it ultimately has little effort on caseprocessing times.