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Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive?
An Evaluation of Judicial Case Management Under the Civil Justice Reform Act
The Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA) required each federal district court to develop a case management plan to reduce costs and delay. The legislation also created a pilot program to test six principles of case management, and required an independent evaluation to assess their effects. This executive summary provides an overview of the purpose of the CJRA, the basic design of the evaluation, the key findings, and their policy implications. Detailed results appear in three other reports: MR-801-ICJ, which traces the stages in the implementation of the CJRA in the study districts; MR-802-ICJ, which presents the main descriptive and statistical evaluation of how the CJRA case management principles implemented in the study districts affected cost, time to disposition, and participants' satisfaction and views of fairness; and MR-803-ICJ, which describes the results of an evaluation of mediation and neutral evaluation designed to supplement the alternative dispute resolution assessment contained in the main CJRA evaluation.
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Contents
Preface HTML
Acknowledgments HTML
Chapter 1:
Introduction HTML
Chapter 2:
Overview of the CJRA Pilot Program HTML
Chapter 3:
Features of the Rand Evaluation HTML
Chapter 4:
Overview of the CJRA's Implementation HTML
Chapter 5:
Implementation and Effects of the CJRA Case Management Policies HTML
Chapter 6:
Effects of the CJRA Pilot Program As a Package HTML
Chapter 7:
Implications for a Promising Case Management Package HTML
Chapter 8:
Implementing Change HTML
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