Appellate Practice

What is the common denominator among erasers, delete buttons and appellate courts? Correcting errors. All of us, from N.A.S.A scientists to doctors to judges, make them from time to time. Everybody’s human which is why we have the appellate process.

An appeal basically is a form of judicial review of a lower court’s or administrative agency’s adjudication. There are many rules that apply to appellate proceedings, short time frames within which to act and complex issues at play. An appeal, however, is not simply a second bight of the apple, and frankly, is not designed simply because one is unhappy with the result of an unfavorable adjudication. Rather, appeals are designed to ensure justice has been met and met by fair and impartial process. As Blackstone, one of the greatest minds of all schools of jurisprudence, once declared: “Justice must not only be done, it must be seen as done.”

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