Judicial elections in the 21st century / / edited by Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155120403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-315-64417-7; 1-317-28822-X; 1-317-28821-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (304 pages) : illustrations
• Collana: Law, courts and politics
• Altri autori (Persone): BonneauChris W; HallMelinda Gann
• Disciplina: 347.73/14; 347.7314
• Soggetti: Judges - United States - Election; Judges - United States - States - Election; Courts of last resort - United States - States - Election; Appellate courts - United States - States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Judicial elections in the 21st Century / Chris W. Bonneau and Melinda Gann Hall -- The changing legal landscape of judicial elections / Charles Gardner Geyh and Katherine Thrapp -- Contestation and competitiveness in state Supreme Court elections, 1946-2015 : a state-level analysis / Herbert M. Kritzer -- Campaigning for the high court bench / Melinda Gann Hall and Matthew J. Zalewski -- Fundraising and spending in state Supreme Court elections / Chris W. Bonneau -- Judicial retention elections / Larry Aspin -- The latest trends in intermediate appellate court elections / Matthew J. Streb, Brian Frederick, Casey LaFrance, and Kimberly Rice -- Trial court campaign messaging in a post-white environment : an analysis of candidate websites in contested elections / Mark Jonathan McKenzie and Ryan J. Rebe -- Do judicial performance evaluations influence retention election results? / Rebecca D. Gill -- Measuring the impact of election outcomes on voting in state Supreme Courts / Lawrence Baum, Thomas R. Gray, and David Klein -- Judicial elections and support for ; state courts / Michael J. Nelson -- Elections and judicial diversity / Drew Noble Lanier and Mark S. Hurwitz -- Proposals for reforms : successes and failures / Chris W. Bonneau and Jenna Becker Kane -- Conclusion / Melinda Gann Hall and Chris W. Bonneau.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.