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Court Reform on Trial - Why Simple Solutions Fail (Paperback)
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Court Reform on Trial - Why Simple Solutions Fail (Paperback)
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COURT REFORM ON TRIAL is a recognized study of innovation in the
process of criminal justice, and why it so often fails-despite the
best intentions of judges, administrators, and reformers. The arc
of innovation to disappointment is analyzed through such programs
as bail reform, pretrial diversion, speedy trials, and determinate
sentencing. A much-maligned system of plea bargaining shifts power
to prosecutors away from judges, and formal trials recede in
importance-but is that really the problem? Perhaps failure lies in
unrealistic expectations, splintered systems and decisionmaking,
waning political will, unempowered constituencies, and reformers'
hubris. Feeley analyzes the persistent failure and proposes
insightful pathways out of the cycle. First commissioned as a study
in the influential Twentieth Century Fund series, the book is
accessible for today's readers as part of the Classics of Law &
Society series of Quid Pro Books. It adds a reflective preface by
the author and a new foreword by Greg Berman, Executive Director of
the Center for Court Innovation. Calling it an "intellectual
touchstone ... brimming with energy not resignation," Berman writes
that the book "has all of the hallmarks of Feeley's best work.
Lucid prose. Idiosyncratic analysis. A willingness to speak truth
to vested interests. And a commitment to describing the way the
world actually works from a ground-level perspective-as opposed to
the official versions of how systems theoretically should
function." "The world has changed a lot and not at all" since the
book was first published, Berman adds. "What is striking reading
COURT REFORM ON TRIAL again in 2013 is just how relevant it still
is.... The number one reason why it should still be required
reading for anyone who wants to help our justice system improve is
the book's relentless focus on failure." As U.S. District Judge
Jack Weinstein noted (as to the first edition), "At last the
intelligent layman and lawyer have a sophisticated but easily
understood analysis of what can and should be done to improve the
administration of justice in the United States. What a welcome
relief from the demagoguery that permeates most public discussion
of the problem." In reviewing the book in the California Law
Review, Judge William Wayne Schwarzer stated: "Public interest in
other issues waxes and wanes, but court reform has constituencies
that never seem to tire. Feeley's book offers an interesting and
insightful panorama of efforts to reform the criminal justice
system." Those constituencies, and thoughtful readers in many
fields, will enjoy a fresh view of the panorama. Using a modern
presentation and adding the new introductions, the Quid Pro edition
maintains continuity with previous printings by embedding the
original pagination; this feature facilitates referencing and
classroom assignment-and permits matching, usable pagination in the
new ebook edition.
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