Regulating Judicial Elections : Assessing State Codes of Judicial Conduct.

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State judicial elections are governed by a unique set of rules that enforce longstanding norms of judicial independence by limiting how judicial candidates campaign. These rules have been a key part of recent debates over judicial elections and have been the subject of several U.S. Supreme Court cas...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Peters, C. Scott
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Taylor and Francis, 2017.
Edition:1.
Series:Law, Courts and Politics
Subjects:
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States > States.
Judges > United States > States > Election.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Constitutional.
Judges > Selection and appointment > U.S. states
Judges > U.S. states > Election
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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