TY - JOUR AU - Kleiman, Matthew AU - Lee, Cynthia G. AU - Ostrom, Brian J. AU - Schauffler, Richard Y. PY - 2016/10/28 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Case Weighting as a Common Yardstick: A Comparative Review of Current Uses and Future Directions JF - Oñati Socio-Legal Series JA - Oñati Socio-Legal Series VL - 7 IS - 4 SE - Methodology, Data and Numbers: Too Few/Many/Much Judges DO - UR - https://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/824 SP - 640-660 AB - <p>In recent years, court systems in the U.S. and abroad have begun to adopt objective, empirically based methods for determining the need for court resources. This methodology, called workload assessment or weighted caseload, provides an empirical basis to measure judicial work and assess how many judges are needed to handle the work in a particular jurisdiction, how judicial resources can be equitably allocated, and how much work any particular judge should handle. This article provides a general introduction to the basic elements and applications of the methodology in both nascent and transitional democracies, assesses the pros and cons of alternative methods (Delphi vs. time study) for developing case weighting systems, and profiles the usage of case weighting systems by three court systems (Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Serbia, and Kosovo). The article concludes with a set of practical findings regarding the development and implementation of a case weighting system.</p><p>En los &uacute;ltimos a&ntilde;os, los sistemas judiciales de EEUU y otros pa&iacute;ses han comenzado a adoptar m&eacute;todos objetivos y emp&iacute;ricos para determinar la necesidad de recursos judiciales. Esta metodolog&iacute;a, llamada evaluaci&oacute;n de la carga de trabajo o carga de trabajo ponderada, proporciona una base emp&iacute;rica para medir el trabajo judicial y valorar cu&aacute;ntos jueces hacen falta para desempe&ntilde;ar el trabajo en una jurisdicci&oacute;n concreta, c&oacute;mo se pueden administrar los recursos judiciales de forma equitativa y cu&aacute;nto trabajo deber&iacute;a encomendarse a cada juez. Este art&iacute;culo proporciona una introducci&oacute;n general a los elementos y aplicaciones b&aacute;sicos de la metodolog&iacute;a tanto en democracias nacientes como en aquellas transicionales, sopesa los pro y los contra que presentan m&eacute;todos alternativos (Delphi, estudio del tiempo) para desarrollar sistemas de ponderaci&oacute;n del trabajo, y realiza un perfil del uso de sistemas de ponderaci&oacute;n del trabajo en tres sistemas judicales (Bosnia y Herzegovina, la Rep&uacute;blica de Serbia y Kosovo). El art&iacute;culo concluye con un c&uacute;mulo de hallazgos pr&aacute;cticos referidos al desarrollo e implementaci&oacute;n de un sistema de ponderaci&oacute;n del trabajo.</p><p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN:</strong> <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3047725">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3047725</a></p> ER -