Judicial Elections in the 21st Century

Zusammenfassung The nation’s leading authorities on judicial elections have come together in one volume to present the latest cutting edge research on state judicial elections in their current form, including the extraordinary transformations of recent years. Inhaltsverzeichnis Section 1: Electing Judges in Contemporary American Politics 1. Judicial Elections in the 21st Century [Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall] 2. The Changing Legal Landscape of Judicial Elections [Charles Gardner Geyh and Katherine Thrapp] Section 2: State Supreme Court Elections 3. Contestation and Competitiveness in State Supreme Court Elections, 1946-2015: A State-Level Analysis [Herbert M. Kritzer] 4. Campaigning for the High Court Bench [Melinda Gann Hall and Matthew J. Zalewski] 5. Fundraising and Spending in State Supreme Court Elections [Chris W. Bonneau] Chapter 6: Judicial Retention Elections [Larry Aspin] Section 3: State Lower Court Elections 7. The Latest Trends in Intermediate Appellate Court Elections [Matthew J. Streb, Brian Frederick, Casey LaFrance, and Kimberly Rice] 8. Trial Court Campaign Messaging in a Post-White Environment: An Analysis of Candidate Websites in Contested Elections [Mark Jonathan McKenzie and Ryan J. Rebe] 9. Do Judicial Performance Evaluations Influence Retention Election Results? [Rebecca D. Gill] Section 4: The Impact of Judicial Elections 10. Measuring the Impact of Election Outcomes on Voting in State Supreme Courts [Lawrence Baum, Thomas R. Gray, and David Klein] 11. Judicial Elections and Support for State Courts [Michael J. Nelson] 12. Elections and Judicial Diversity [Drew Noble Lanier and Mark S. Hurwitz] Section 5: Reforming the Judicial Selection Process Chapter 13: Proposals for Reforms: Successes and Failures [Chris W. Bonneau and Jenna Becker Kane] Chapter 14: Conclusion [Melinda Gann Hall and ris W. Bonneau] ...

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• Authors: Chris W. (University of Pittsburgh Bonneau, Chris W. Hall Bonneau
• Assisted by: Chris W. Bonneau (Editor), Chris W. (University of Pittsburgh Bonneau (Editor), Bonneau Chris W. (Editor), Melinda Gann Hall (Editor), Melinda Gann (Michigan State University Hall (Editor), Hall Melinda Gann (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.12.2016
• EAN: 9781138185883
• ISBN: 978-1-138-18588-3
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Law, Courts and Politics; Law, Courts and Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Judicial Branch, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Central / national / federal government, Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Elections and referenda / suffrage