Judicial selection in the states [electronic resource] : politics and the struggle for reform / Herbert M. Kritzer.
Using detailed case studies of the relevant US states, Herbert Kritzer provides an unprecedented examination of the process and politics of how states select and retain judges. The book is organized around the competing goals of politics and professionalism, namely whether the focus in choosing judg...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction : The Challenges of Judicial Selection and Retention in the States
- North Carolina : Partisanship in the Extreme
- Arkansas : Third Time Was the Charm
- West Virginia : Change and Chaos
- Tennessee : Unconstraining the Governor's Choice of Appellate Judges
- Georgia : Nonpartisan Elections as Part of Court Modernization
- Mississippi : A Complex of Factors
- Utah : The Two Step
- New Mexico : Finding Its Own Unique Approach
- Connecticut, Rhode Island, and South Carolina : Adding "Merit" to Nonelective Systems
- Florida and South Dakota : Unsuccessful Efforts to Extend the Missouri Plan
- Nevada and Ohio : Voters Say No to the Missouri Plan
- Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Texas, and New Hampshire : Talk, Talk, Talk, But No Results
- Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma : Unsuccessful Efforts to End "Merit"
- Nominating Commissions
- Conclusion : What Do We Want in Our Judges?