Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Name: Electing Judges The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy
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ISBN: 9780226291086

ISBN-10: 0226291081

ISBN-13: 9780226291086

Edition: 2012

Authors: James L. Gibson

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InElecting Judges,leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds tothe growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence and even the rule of law. While many people have opinions on the topic, few have supported them with actual empirical evidence. Gibson rectifies this situation, offering the most systematic and comprehensive study to date of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness, impartiality, and the legitimacy of elected state courts—and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial. Gibson finds that ordinary Americans do not conclude from campaign promises that judges are incapable of…

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List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 9/20/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 0.62" wide x 0.90" long x 0.06" tall
Weight: 0.814
Language: English



Preface and Acknowledgments



The "New Style" Judicial Elections in the American States



Republican Party of Minnesota v. White and Perceptions of Judicial Impartiality



Can Campaign Activity Cross the Line?



Diffuse Support for a State Supreme Court: Judicial Legitimacy in Kentucky



Expectancy Theory and Judicial Legitimacy



Judges, Elections, and the American Mass Public: The Effects of Judicial Campaigns on the Legitimacy of Courts



Judicial Campaigns, Elections for Judges, and Court Legitimacy: Do Judicial Elections Really Stink?



Legal Developments Post- White



The Surveys



Experimental Vignettes



Question Wording



The Distributions of Key Analytical Variables



Interactive Analysis



Measuring Support for Democratic Institutions and Processes



Question Wording



Adding Control Variables


Notes


References


Index