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Titolo: |
Running for judge : the rising political, financial, and legal stakes of judicial elections / / edited by Matthew J. Streb
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Pubblicazione: | New York, : New York University Press, c2007 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (267 p.) |
Disciplina: | 347.73/14 |
Soggetto topico: | Judges - United States - States - Election |
Altri autori: |
StrebMatthew J <1974-> (Matthew Justin)
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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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Running for judge ![]() |
ISBN: | 0-8147-8692-8 |
0-8147-3992-X | |
1-4294-8607-4 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910808373103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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