Download or read book Information seeking Behavior of Judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal written by Melody M. Hainsworth and published by Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International. This book was released on 1992 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Seeking Behavior of Judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal written by Melody Hainsworth and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Appellate judges, in their roles as decision makers, are extensive users of information. They are paid to pass judgement on the unresolved disputes of others. Information to assist the judge in making those decisions is provided to them in court records, attorney's briefs and oral arguments. Judges also seek information externally. State funds are appropriated to support the requirement for external information through the provision of law clerks, computer assisted legal research subscriptions, and both personal and centralized libraries. At some point judges may choose to seek information external to the brief to guide or support their written opinions. Information seeking behavior is described by studying where information users go for information, why they choose or prefer certain types of information, and what factors contribute to their decision as to when to seek information. Seeking information may be affected by factors present in three categories: the individual, the organization and the professional environment. The problem was to identify, isolate and describe the factors which constitute the information seeking behavior of appellate judges. The judicial group studied was comprised of the fifty seven judges of the Florida District Courts of Appeal located in five districts and six cities throughout Florida. All courts were visited. No sampling occurred. Twenty factors, organized in three categories, were identified to guide the description of judicial information seeking behavior. Three data gathering techniques were employed. Qualitative data was gathered by personally interviewing judges using 37 open ended, systematic and standard questions. Quantitative data was gathered through structured observation of oral arguments in the courtroom and a questionnaire survey sent to all judges. When taken together the data provides evidence that there are patterns of information seeking existing within the individual judges, their organization, and their legal environment. In total, the evidence supported 13 conclusions. 1) Appellate judges do not trust and are skeptical of the information provided to them. 2) Judges have particular needs with regards to organizing information which are not met by any system. 3) The time required for information seeking is predicated upon the judge's situation regarding the disposition of the case. 4) A judge's years on the bench suggests a pattern of information seeking at oral argument. 5) Two critical events influence when judges most keenly need and seek information: the oral argument and decision conference. 6) Judges seek information independently and individually. 7) A judge's distance from the information source approximates and predicts its relevance, use, and value to the judge. 8) Two resources provided by the state, which if absent, would most affect the judges' information seeking are their law clerks and personal library collections. 9) The quality and depth of information seeking by the judges is guided primarily by their internal feelings of satisfaction toward their resulting opinions. 10) Judges' use of the computer is affected by the nature of their job which involves primarily reading and writing. 11) Judges prefer, and value most, information in hardcopy. 12) Judge's information seeking is limited to resources within the physical confines of the courthouse. 13) A judge's information seeking behavior is affected by time.
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Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
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