The history of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts : sixty years of service to the federal judiciary / edited by Cathy A. McCarthy and Tara Treacy ; with substantial contributions from David L. Osborne and Ramón J. Miró, and Joseph F. Spaniol, Jr.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

Contributor:

McCarthy, Cathy A.

Treacy, Tara.

Osborne, David L.

Miró, Ramón, 1968-

Spaniol, Joseph F.

Series:

LLMC-digital (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts--History.

United States.

United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

Court administration--United States--History--20th century.

Court administration.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 300 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Administrative Office of the United States Courts, [2000]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

text file

Contents:

pt. 1. The early years : 1939-1985

1. Origins of the Administrative Office

2. Directorship of Henry P. Chandler, 1939-1956

3. Directorship of Warren Olney III, 1958-1967

4. Directorship of Ernest C. Friesen, Jr., 1968-1970

5. Directorship of Rowland F. Kirks, 1970-1977

6. Directorship of William E. Foley, 1977-1985

7. Summary of early achievements, 1939-1985

pt. 2. The recent years : 1985-present

8. Appintment of Leonidas Ralph Mecham, 1985-present

9. Enhanced support to the Judicial Conference

10. Strengthened internal management

11. Improved communication

12. Additional Key Devitt Committee

13. Decentralization

14. Better advocacy of Third Branch needs

15. Renewed focus on service to judges

16. Better program management, support and oversight

17. Modernizing Administrative Office and court automated systems

18. Conclusion.

Appendix. Appropriations history

History of the Administrative Office seal

Biographies of directors, deputy directors, and associate directors of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts

Organizational charts

Chronology of significant events, 1906-1999.

Notes:

Shipping list no.: 2000-0218-P.

"January 2000."

Includes bibliographical references.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts. History of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

OCLC:

606591595

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Restricted for use by site license.