In the process, he opened a window on the astoundingly spotty quality of court-appointed counsel in capital cases.
The Alabama attorney general, Bill Pryor, a Republican, said he had no concerns about the quality of court-appointed defense counsel for people in death penalty cases at any stage in the process, from arrest to death row.
As I have previously written, the volume and quality of court-ready evidence against high-level officials in the Syrian government is greater than has ever previously been collected in an active conflict.
Beyond the quality-of-life court, the steps taken to address the backlogs include more regularly consenting to orally argue legal issues in low-level cases, rather than in written motions, a process that is far more drawn out, Ms. Friedman Agnifilo said.
However, it remains the tournament that most of the top players, with Federer a notable exception, want to use as their main competitive action before Wimbledon, thanks in no small part to the quality of the courts.
"Almost nothing is known about the selection process at international level," said Kate Malleson, professor of law at Queen Mary, University of London, one of the book's co-authors".It's actually very difficult to assess what effect this is having on the quality of the courts' work because so little is known.
So, for the sake of opportunity, I'd say it's useful to try to make sure historically disadvantaged groups are represented on the court, as long as the quality of the court is not degraded as a result.Now, that doesn't necessarily default into an argument for racial diversity, over religious or gender diversity.
The study in The Journal of Legal Analysis considered the relative quality of state-court judges around the nation in light of their varying salaries.
Unlike, say, a parking violations bureau, there are no state statues that allow for the creation of a quality of life court.
All along, Mr. Bellone had been entertaining the idea of a special quality of life court that would deal strictly with town code issues.
