Litigating Judicial Selection

"The first examination of judicial selection litigation in the United States and beyond. Analyzes over 2,000 cases and presents patterns of litigation over time and across states. A unique study of the interaction of litigation and politics in the U.S. throughout the entire history of the country"--

List of contents

1. Fighting over Judicial Selection; 2. Litigation over Federal Judicial Selection; 3. Litigation Concerning State Judicial Selection: A Portrait; 4. Challenging and Changing State Judicial Selection; 5. Selection Preliminaries: Eligibility, Term Length, And Vacancies; 6. Election Processes: Nominations, Campaigns, and Finance; 7. Election Administration and Election Contests; 8. Non-Elective Systems; 9. Other Cases; 10. Litigating Judicial Selection: Another Example of American Exceptionalism; List of cases and other authorities; Index.

About the author

Herbert M. Kritzer is the Marvin J. Sonosky Chair emeritus of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School, and Professor of Political Science and Law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is author or co-author of more than 100 articles and ten previous books, including Justices on the Ballot (2015) and Judicial Selection in the States (2020).

Summary

The first examination of judicial selection litigation in the United States and beyond. Analyzes over 2,000 cases and presents patterns of litigation over time and across states. A unique study of the interaction of litigation and politics in the US throughout the entire history of the country.

Product details

• Authors: Herbert M. Kritzer, Herbert M. (University of Minnesota) Kritzer, Kritzer Herbert M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.02.2024
• EAN: 9781009425445
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0942544-5
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Constitutional, HISTORY / United States / General, Politics & government, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, History of the Americas, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general