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Appeals Courts Should Improve the Public's Access to the Law: Here's How

The law exists for the public. Why then do most Federal Courts of Appeal making finding the law more complicated than need be?  Some Courts make it very hard for people to track developments in the law. Every Court of Appeal uploads recent decisions to its site. Yet most do not explain what the case is about. You have to open up the black box to see what?s inside. In theory, that's not a big problem.  But wasted clicks add up.  Computers crash after opening too many .pdf files. One should always read the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals site. Their Clerk of Court provides a fantastic summary of the each opinion.  Within 30 seconds, one can determine whether to read on. Here?s what the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals site looks like: Other Courts, though, don?t help the reader...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime & Federalism on September 21, 2009 (boomark / email).