Talk:Court of appeals (disambiguation)

message: There is a seperate article on Court of Appeal that i've proposed to merge into this one. Any thoughts? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Thesocialistesq (talk • contribs) 
:It never should have been changed from a redirect to this page. (I've restored it.) Ewlyahoocom 17:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  Or a redirect the other way: The article has: "Court of Appeals or (outside the U.S. and in some American states) Court of Appeal".  Well, "outside the U.S. and in some American states" would seem to be... most of the World no? Hakluyt bean 19:52, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, that's my view. "Court of Appeals" feels very US to me. We only have a Court of Appeal here. Non-English courts tend to have singular terms for their function (eg Cour de Cassation), so "Court of Appeal" is the better translation. Why not stick with "Court of Appeals" as a US page, with a note under "Court of Appeal" to point here? The US approach to appeals seems more formalist and record driven than in most common law jurisdictions which seem far more fluid. Francis Davey 08:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Another Merger

message: Any thoughts on why we shouldn't merge this with appellate court and Appeals court? Court of Appeal is essentially just an alternate name for an appellate court in certain parts of the world, so it doesn't seem distinct enough to warrant its own article. -- PullUpYourSocks 17:56, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: "Appeals court" and "appellate court" are both generic terms and those articles should be merged.  "Court of Appeals", however, is a proper noun naming particular courts.  It's used for different levels of appellate courts in different systems, though.  I think this article is useful in noting the different uses of this specific term.  Not every appellate court is a Court of Appeals. Court of Appeals is for major sentences.JamesMLane 18:07, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Every "Court of Appeals" is an appellate court, however.  Maybe it's enough to note the different formal designations on appellate court and supreme court; otherwise, this is merely a list of unrelated courts that happen to have the same name.  Postdlf 18:17, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

text: I am in favour of a merge, with the new article entitled "appellate court". "Court of Appeals" could remain as a disambiguation page to point to courts actually called "Court of Appeals". The current title is strictly NPOV. We don't have a Court of Appeals here in England and Wales (its the Court of Appeal). In Scotland the equivalent body is part of the Court of Session, and so on. Better by far to use the NPOV title to point to specific things, retaining POV. Incidently someone has changed the reference in Appeal from appellate court to Court of Appeals, which is even less helpful. Francis Davey 21:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: They appear to have been merged, but now according to our naming conventions the "A" in the article name should be lowercase, Court of appeals.  Gene Nygaard 18:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Merge?

message: While we're on the subject, I note that Wikipedia has :Category:Appellate review (containing articles relating to the scope and standard of appellate review) but there is no :Category:Appellate courts. I would propose creating that category. Some might argue that it would not be well-defined, since it is quite common for appellate courts to have some original jurisdiction and for trial courts to have some appellate jurisdiction. However I believe that if we defined "appellate court", for purposes of the category, as including both (a) a court whose primary purpose is to exercise appellate jurisdiction (example: Manitoba Court of Appeal) and (b) a court with at least one division whose primary purpose is to exercise appellate jurisdiction (example: Supreme Court of Queensland), then it should be straightforward in almost all cases to determine whether or not an article belongs in this category. The existing :Category:National supreme courts would be a subcategory of :Category:Appellate courts which would be a subcategory of :Category:Courts. Comments on that? --Mathew5000 00:48, 10 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. --Mathew5000 23:05, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Establishing new category for appellate courts?