The Best of Court Review: 1998–2017

AJA WHITE PAPERS Minding the Court: Enhancing the Decision-Making Process, by Pamela Casey, Kevin Burke, and Steve Leben, 49 CT. REV. 76 (2013). Social psychologist Pamela Casey and judges Kevin Burke and Steve Leben jointly explored how the science of decision making might help judges in their daily work.. Procedural Fairness: A Key Ingredient in Public Satisfaction, by Kevin Burke and Steve Leben, 44 CT. REV. 4 (2008). The first of the American Judges Association’s white papers, this paper made the case for judges focusing on procedural fairness principles as the key to getting public satisfaction with the courts in general and greater compliance with court orders in specific cases. The paper reviewed the research on procedural fairness (also called procedural justice) and presented detailed recommendations for judges, court administrators, courts, court leaders, researchers, and judicial educators