A Tale of Two Courts

Litigation in Alameda and San Benito Counties

Datos Bibliográficos

ID4085183
AutoresLawrence M Friedman, Robert V Percival
Año1976
Volumen10
Número2
Páginas267-301
Fecha de publicación1976-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaLaw & Society Review (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0023-9216 • E-ISSN: 1540-5893
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/3053101
OpenAlexW2041662759
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas50
Referencias citadas1

American scholarship has lavished most of its attention on appellate courts, paying little attention to courts on the bottom rungs of the ladder. This is true of studies of both past and present courts. But the trial court is the court with the most direct contact with the man in the street, for both civil and criminal matters. Here he meets the law face-to-face. And, although federal courts are certainly important, state trial courts handle by far the larger volume of work

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