Peoples Courts - Pursuing Judicial Independence in America

Klappentext In the United States! almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. "The People's Courts" traces the history of this peculiarly American institution and the ongoing quest for an independent judiciary--one that would ensure fairness for all before the law--from the colonial era to the present. Zusammenfassung In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. The People’s Courts traces the history of this peculiarly American institution and the ongoing quest for an independent judiciary—one that would ensure fairness for all before the law—from the colonial era to the present.

Product details

• Authors: Jed Handelsman Shugerman, Shugerman Jed Handelsman
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 27.02.2012
• EAN: 9780674055483
• ISBN: 978-0-674-05548-3
• No. of pages: 400
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; History, LAW / Legal History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government and the state, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Judicial Review