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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808373103321

Titolo

Running for judge : the rising political, financial, and legal stakes of judicial elections / / edited by Matthew J. Streb

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2007

ISBN

0-8147-8692-8

0-8147-3992-X

1-4294-8607-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

StrebMatthew J <1974-> (Matthew Justin)

Disciplina

347.73/14

Soggetti

Judges - United States - States - Election

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The study of judicial elections / Matthew J. Streb -- First Amendment limits on regulating judicial campaigns / Richard L. Hasen -- The changing tone of judicial elections as a result of white / Rachel P. Caufield -- The dynamics of campaign spending in State Supreme Court elections / Chris W. Bonneau -- Interest group participation in judicial elections / Deborah Goldberg -- Partisan involvement in partisan and nonpartisan trial court elections / Matthew J. Streb -- Judicial Elections in the news / Brian F. Schaffner and Jennifer Segal Diascro -- Voters' responses to high-visibility judicial campaigns / Lawrence Baum and David Klein -- Competition as accountability in State Supreme Court elections / Melinda Gann Hall -- Judicial selection methods and capital punishment in the American states / Paul Brace and Brent D. Boyea -- Judicial reform and the future of judicial elections / Matthew J. Streb and Brian Frederick.

Sommario/riassunto

Across the country, races for judgeships are becoming more and more politically contested. As a result, several states and cities are now considering judicial election reform. Running for Judge examines the increasingly contentious judicial elections over the last twenty-five years by providing a timely, insightful analysis of judicial elections. The book ties together the current state of the judicial elections literature, and presents new evidence on a wide range of important topics,



including: the history of judicial elections; an understanding of the types of judicial elections; electoral