Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Cardozo Law Review

Abstract

Lawyers are the focal point of the Judge’s Articles. But lawyers are not the only players on the litigation field, and I believe the dialogue should go beyond their behavior. To have a clearer picture of the cost-and-delay narrative, a wide-angle perspective rather than a telephoto view is necessary. What follows is an attempt to chronicle some of the legislative, judicial, and rulemaking procedural developments of the past half-century, as well as the influences of our complicated federalism. These are the tools that practicing lawyers use; I believe these developments are, at least in part, the by-products of the narrative and have contributed to the problem of unnecessary cost and delay. I caution the reader that what I have written is impressionistic at points and personal (with a few asides tucked into parentheses).

First Page

57

Volume

40

Publication Date

2018

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