Appeals and appellate courts : background and general considerations -- Appellate review : when, how, where, for whom, and for what issues -- Appellate review : breadth and depth of review standards of review -- Judicial lawmaking -- The crisis of volume : perceived threats from docket growth -- Structural responses to the crisis of volume : the creation of intermediate appellate courts -- Personnel responses to the crisis of volume -- Procedural responses to the crisis of volume -- Collegiality, delegation, and the docket dilemma redux -- The contemporary role of appellate counsel -- Appellate judges -- The Supreme Court of the United States -- Comparative perspectives -- The future of appellate courts.
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