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Choosing justice : the recruitment of state and federal judges / Charles H. Sheldon and Linda S. Maule.
LIBRA KF8776 .S5 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sheldon, Charles H., 1929-1999.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judges--Selection and appointment--United States.
- Judges.
- Judges--Selection and appointment.
- United States.
- Judges--Selection and appointment--United States--Case studies.
- Judges--Selection and appointment--United States--States.
- Judges--Selection and appointment--United States--States--Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 287 pages : map ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Pullman, Wash. : WSU Press, 1997.
- Summary:
- How judges weigh the competing demands of public accountability and judicial independence often is influenced by the process that recruits them to the bench. In Choosing Justice, the authors provide an analytical framework for measuring how the different modes of selection influence the behavior of elected and appointed judges.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0874221528
- OCLC:
- 36327327
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