Table of Contents

Preface

I. Introduction

II. Night Courts for Small Claims (New York)

III. Pre-trial Conferences in Civil Cases (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

IV. Mandatory Settlement Conferences in Civil Cases (Los Angeles County, California)

V. Examinations for Discovery (Toronto, Ontario)

VI. Adjournments in Civil and Criminal Cases (Los Angeles and San Francisco, California)

VII. Summary Traffic Trials (San Francisco, California)

VIII. Night Courts for Traffic Cases (Los Angeles, California)

IX. Multi-track Voice Writing (Boston, Massachusetts)

X. Diversion of Private Criminal Prosecutions (Columbus, Ohio)

XI. Pre-Trial Conferences in Criminal Cases (Central Criminal Court, London)

XII. Committal Proceedings (England and Wales)

XIII. "Screening" of Criminal Charges (Cook County, Illinois)

XIV. Discovery by the Prosecution (Cook County, Illinois)

XV. Discovery by the Accused (Cook County, Illinois)

Summary of Recommendations

Bibliography