Federal Criminal Appeals: A Brief Empirical Perspective
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Although few dispute the appellate process's centrality to justice systems,'especially in the
criminal context, 2 debates over rationales supporting the appellate process's vaunted status
in adjudication systems persist. Clearly, it is difficult to overestimate error correction as a
justification for an appellate system. Of course, other rationales, such as a desire for
lawmaking3 and legitimacy, 4 also support the inclusion of a mechanism for appellate
review in an adjudication system.
criminal context, 2 debates over rationales supporting the appellate process's vaunted status
in adjudication systems persist. Clearly, it is difficult to overestimate error correction as a
justification for an appellate system. Of course, other rationales, such as a desire for
lawmaking3 and legitimacy, 4 also support the inclusion of a mechanism for appellate
review in an adjudication system.
Although few dispute the appellate process's centrality to justice systems,'especially in the criminal context, 2 debates over rationales supporting the appellate process's vaunted status in adjudication systems persist. Clearly, it is difficult to overestimate error correction as a justification for an appellate system. Of course, other rationales, such as a desire for lawmaking3 and legitimacy, 4 also support the inclusion of a mechanism for appellate review in an adjudication system.
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