Download or read book Judicial Merit Selection written by Greg Goelzhauser and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The judicial selection debate continues. Merit selection is used by a majority of states but remains the least well understood method for choosing judges. Proponents claim that it emphasizes qualifications and diversity over politics, but there is little empirical evidence regarding its performance. In Judicial Merit Selection, Greg Goelzhauser amasses a wealth of data to examine merit selection’s institutional performance from an internal perspective. While his previous book, Choosing State Supreme Court Justices, compares outcomes across selection mechanisms, here he delves into what makes merit selection unique—its use of nominating commissions to winnow applicants prior to gubernatorial appointment. Goelzhauser’s analyses include a rich case study from inside a nominating commission’s proceedings as it works to choose nominees; the use of public records to examine which applicants commissions choose and which nominees governors choose; evaluation of which attorneys apply for consideration and which judges apply for promotion; and examination of whether design differences across systems impact performance in the seating of qualified and diverse judges. The results have critical public policy implications.

Download or read book Choosing State Supreme Court Justices written by Greg Goelzhauser and published by Temple University Press. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1940, more than half of all states have switched at least in part from popular election or elite appointment to experiment with merit selection in choosing some or all of their state supreme court justices. Under merit selection, a commission—often comprising some combination of judges, attorneys, and the general public—is tasked with considering applications from candidates vying to fill a judicial vacancy. Ostensibly, the commission forwards the best candidates to the governor, who ultimately appoints them. Presently, numerous states are debating whether to adopt or abolish merit selection. In his short, sharp book, Choosing State Supreme Court Justices, Greg Goelzhauser utilizes new data on more than 1,500 state supreme court justices seated from 1960 through 2014 to answer the question, Does merit selection produce better types of judges? He traces the rise of merit selection and explores whether certain judicial selection institutions favor candidates who have better qualifications, are more diverse, and have different types of professional experience. Goelzhauser’s results ultimately contribute to the broader debate concerning comparative institutional performance with respect to state judicial selection.

Download or read book Standards on State Judicial Selection written by American Bar Association. Commission on State Judicial Selection Standards and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Standards on State Judicial Selection were approved by the American Bar Association House of Delegates in July 2000"--Prelim. p.

Download or read book Judicial Selection in the States written by Herbert M. Kritzer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-30 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do legal professionalism and politics influence efforts to structure the process of selecting and retaining state judges?

Download or read book Judicial Selection and Tenure written by Sari S. Escovitz and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Research on Judicial Selection 1999 written by American Judicature Society and published by . This book was released on 2000-02 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Merit Selection Commissions written by Joanne Martin and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Judicial Selection and Tenure written by Glenn R. Winters and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Selection and Appointment of United States Magistrate Judges written by United States. Administrative Office of the United States Courts. Magistrate Judges Division and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legislative Research Council Report Relative to Judicial Selection in the United States written by Massachusetts. General Court. Legislative Research Council and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Judicial Selection written by Henry Julian Abraham and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book From Ballot to Bench written by Philip L. Dubois and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 1980-10-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 scrutiny than previously has been attempted. Dubois carefully reviews the three central counts on which judicial elections have been faulted: for lowering the quality of the bench, for impairing judicial independence, and for failing to secure judicial accountability. After concluding that the potential for judicial elections to hold judges popularly accountable is what might commend them over alternative selection methods, Dubois concentrates on the analysis of empirical evidence to evaluate judicial elections as mechanisms of accountability. The study examines all the statewide partisan and nonpartisan elections for state supreme court justices in non-southern states from 1948 to 1974. Included is a detailed examination of voter participation, electoral competition, the behavior of judicial electorates, and the patterns of gubernatorial vacancy appointments. An analysis of decision making on eight state supreme courts also tests the relationship between different selection systems and judicial behavior. Dubois finds that partisan elections maximize voter participation, meaningfully structure voter choices, minimize accession to the bench by appointment, and allow popular control over gubernatorial appointments. Additional evidence on the extent of partisan voting by judges selected under different methods leads Dubois to conclude that partisan elections are superior to both nonpartisan elections and nonelective selection methods as instruments of accountability. The importance of the questions addressed, the breadth of the data collected, and the unorthodox conclusions offered make this a significant book for political scientists, judges, lawyers, and public officials.

Download or read book Selection and Decision in Judicial Process Around the World written by Yun-chien Chang and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-19 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading empirical legal scholars from around the world explore whether and under what conditions the judicial process is efficient.

Download or read book Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selection and Confirmation of Federal Judges written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Justice for Hire written by Committee for Economic Development. Research and Policy Committee and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Selecting International Judges written by Ruth Mackenzie and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-17 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International courts are called upon to decide upon an increasingly wide range of issues of global importance, yet public knowledge of international judges and the process by which they are appointed remains very limited. Drawing on extensive empirical research, this book explains how the judges who sit on international courts are selected.