Case Flow Management : Key Principles and the Systems to Support Them
It has become increasingly clear that courts across the globe must do more to better organize and manage their caseload and that automation alone is not the answer. In response to this need, case flow management has emerged to become the central me...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/01/18278417/case-flow-management-key-principles-systems-support http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16676 |
| Summary: | It has become increasingly clear that
courts across the globe must do more to better organize and
manage their caseload and that automation alone is not the
answer. In response to this need, case flow management has
emerged to become the central method of promoting greater
court responsibility and accountability for efficient case
processing. For over thirty years court case management
concepts have evolved, starting in the United States (U.S.),
spreading to other industrialized common law countries
initially. Yet, for many judicial systems, the concept,
techniques, and supporting systems of case flow management
are still relatively new ideas that need to be more fully
understood. This paper helps develop a basic understanding
of case flow management by defining the concept, outlining
the various techniques used, presenting in general the
different case management information systems that support
those techniques, and outlining the core steps a judicial
system can take to plan for, select, and implement case
management software. The aim is to provide an introduction
for assisting judiciaries in developing a case flow
management approach that works best in their own
environment. This paper is organized as follows: chapter one
gives introduction; chapter two answers the question to what
is case flow management within a court environment?; chapter
three answers what are case management information systems?;
chapter four focuses on planning for, selecting, and
implementing new case management software; and chapter five
gives conclusions. |
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