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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bonneau, Chris W., editor.

Hall, Melinda Gann, editor.

Series:

Law, courts and politics ; 7.

Law, courts and politics ; 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--United States--Elections.

Judges.

Appellate courts.

Courts of last resort.

United States.

Elections.

Judges--United States--States.

Courts of last resort--United States--States.

Appellate courts--United States--States.

Physical Description:

xxi, 282 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2017.

Summary:

Leading authorities present the latest cutting edge research on state judicial elections. Starting with recent transformations in the electoral landscape, including those brought about by U.S. Supreme Court rulings, this volume provides penetrating analyses of partisan, nonpartisan, and retention elections to state supreme courts, intermediate appellate courts, and trial courts. Topics include citizen participation, electoral competition, fundraising and spending, judicial performance evaluations, reform efforts, attack campaigns, and other organized efforts to oust judges. This volume also evaluates the impact of judicial elections on numerous aspects of American politics, including citizens' perceptions of judicial legitimacy, diversity on the bench, and the consequences of who wins on subsequent court decisions. Many of the chapters offer predictions about how judicial elections might look in the future. Overall, this collection provides a sharp evidence-based portrait of how modern judicial elections actually work in practice and their consequences for state judiciaries and the American people. Book jacket.

Contents:

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 T. 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 E. 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

Toward a more sophistiicated understanding of contemporary judicial elections / Melinda Gann Hall and Chris W. Bonneau.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138185883

1138185884

9781138185890

1138185892

OCLC:

951465383