Judicial elections in the 21st century / edited by Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall.
2017
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Title
Judicial elections in the 21st century / edited by Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall.
Published
London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Call Number
KF8776 .J834 2017
ISBN
9781138185883 (hbk)
1138185884 (hbk)
9781138185890 (pbk)
1138185892 (pbk)
9781315644172 (ebk)
1138185884 (hbk)
9781138185890 (pbk)
1138185892 (pbk)
9781315644172 (ebk)
Description
xxi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)951465383
Summary
"Starting with recent transformations in the electoral landscape, including those brought about by U.S. Supreme Court rulings, this volume provides...analyses of partisan, nonpartisan, and retention elections to state supreme courts, intermediate appellate courts, and trial courts. Topics include citizen participation, electoral competition, fundraising and spending, judicial performance evaluations, reform efforts, attack campaigns, and other organized efforts to oust judges. This volume also evaluates the impact of judicial elections on numerous aspects of American politics, including citizens' perceptions of judicial legitimacy, diversity on the bench, and the consequences of who wins on subsequent court decisions. Many of the chapters offer predictions about how judicial elections might look in the future."-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Figures
xii
List of Tables
xiv
About the Contributors
xvi
Acknowledgements
xx
SECTION 1
Electing Judges in Contemporary American Politics
1
1.
Judicial Elections in the 21st Century / Melinda Gann Hall
3
2.
Changing Legal Landscape of Judicial Elections / Katherine Thrapp
15
SECTION 2
State Supreme Court Elections
31
3.
Contestation and Competitiveness in State Supreme Court Elections, 1946--2015: A State-Level Analysis / Herbert M. Kritzer
33
4.
Campaigning for the High Court Bench / Matthew J. Zalewski
54
5.
Fundraising and Spending in State Supreme Court Elections / Chris W. Bonneau
79
6.
Judicial Retention Elections / Larry T. Aspin
93
SECTION 3
State Lower Court Elections
139
7.
Latest Trends in Intermediate Appellate Court Elections / Kimberly Rice
141
8.
Trial Court Campaign Messaging in a Post-White Environment: An Analysis of Candidate Websites in Contested Elections / Ryan J. Rebe
158
9.
Do Judicial Performance Evaluations Influence Retention Election Results? / Rebecca D. Gill
175
SECTION 4
Impact of Judicial Elections
193
10.
Measuring the Impact of Election Outcomes on Voting in State Supreme Courts / David E. Klein
195
11.
Judicial Elections and Support for State Courts / Michael J. Nelson
217
12.
Elections and Judicial Diversity / Mark S. Hurwitz
233
SECTION 5
Reforming the Judicial Selection Process
247
13.
Proposals for Reforms: Successes and Failures / Jenna Becker Kane
249
14.
Toward a More Sophisticated Understanding of Contemporary Judicial Elections / Chris W. Bonneau
262
Index
273