Regulating judicial elections : assessing state codes of judicial conduct / C. Scott Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Peters, C. Scott, 1971- author.

Series:

Law, courts and politics ; 8.

Law, Courts and Politics ; 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges--Selection and appointment--United States--States.

Judges.

Judges--United States--States--Election.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations, tables, graphs.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York ; London, [England] : Routledge, 2018.

Summary:

Regulating Judicial Elections provides the first accounting of the efficacy and consequences of such rules. C. Scott Peters re-frames debates over judicial elections.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

CONTENTS

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

1 Campaigning for Justice

2 Independence and Accountability: The Two-Sided Coin Protecting the Rule of Law

3 The Code of Judicial Conduct and Its Adoption by the States

4 The Canons of Ethics and Candidate Advertising

5 The Canons of Ethics and Interest Group Advertising

6 Protecting Independence or Protecting Incumbents?

7 Conclusion: Toward a Framework for Regulating Judicial Elections

References

Appendix: Data Sources and Collection

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781317226420

1317226429

OCLC:

993948890