The people's courts : pursuing judicial independence in America / Jed Handelsman Shugerman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shugerman, Jed Handelsman, 1974-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--United States--States--Elections--History.

Judges.

Judicial independence.

History.

United States.

Elections.

Judicial independence--United States--History.

Physical Description:

viii, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.

Summary:

Shugerman (Harvard Law School) analyzes the pressures, taking a long, historical view of judicial elections in America from the colonial era to the present. For a variety of reasons Americans' quest for judicial independence has been thwarted by special interests. With a number of cases presented upfront in the introduction, the author demonstrates the peculiarity of the American justice system and its susceptibility to gross influences despite efforts to the contrary. His study examines the various forces at play over time. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Declaring judicial independence

Judicial challenges in the early republic

Judicial elections as separation of powers

Panic and trigger

The American revolutions of 1848

The boom of judicial review

Reconstructing independence

The progressives' failed solutions

The Great Depression, crime, and the revival of appointment

Judicial plutocracy from 1980 to the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674055483

0674055489

OCLC:

709670309