WILL COURTS SURVIVE IN THE URBAN CAULDRON?

• NCJ Number: 36441
• Journal: Judicature Volume: 60 Issue: 2 Dated: (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1976) Pages: 60-67
• Author(s): G BLAKE
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE TREND IN URBAN LOWER COURTS (AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE LOS ANGELES CITY AND COUNTY SYSTEMS) TOWARD MAKING CERTAIN HIGH-VOLUME PROCEEDINGS AS 'UN-COURT-LIKE' AS POSSIBLE TO DISPOSE OF HIGH CASELOADS.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE LOS ANGELES MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY COURT REFORM MEASURES OR INNOVATIONS WHICH HAVE ENABLED RAPID HANDLING OF PUBLIC DRUNKENNESS OFFENSES, TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS, JUVENILE CASES, AND SMALL CLAIMS ACTIONS.