Electing Judges - The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Zusammenfassung Responds to the growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence. The author presents a comprehensive study of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness! impartiality! and the legitimacy of elected state courts - and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial.

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• Authors: James L. Gibson, GIBSON JAMES L
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.09.2012
• EAN: 9780226291086
• ISBN: 978-0-226-29108-6
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Chicago Studies in American Politics; Chicago Studies in American Po; Chicago Studies in American Politics; Chicago Studies in American Politics (CHUP)
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, LAW / Civil Procedure, LAW / Litigation, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, United States of America, USA, Elections & referenda, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Elections and referenda / suffrage, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution