From Ballot to Bench : : Judicial Elections and the Quest for Accountability / / Philip L. Dubois.
Over several decades, many U.S. states abandoned the practice of selecting their judges by direct popular election and adopted the Missouri Plan of judicial selection. In From Ballot to Bench, Philip L. Dubois subjects the various criticisms raised against judicial elections to a more searching scru...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021] ©1980 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables
- Preface
- 1. Judicial Elections and the Debate over State Judicial Selection
- 2. Turnout in State Judicial Elections
- 3. Voting Behavior in State Judicial Elections
- 4. Appointment and Election: Patterns of Accession to Elective Courts
- 5. Partisanship and Judicial Accountability
- 6. Partisan Voting on State Courts: Eight Case Studies
- 7. A Comparative Approach to Party Bloc Voting
- 8. Conclusion: The Continuing Debate over State Judicial Selection
- Appendixes
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index