The Battle for the Court: Interest Groups, Judicial Elections, and Public Policy

by Lawrence Baum, David Klein, Matthew J. Streb

Once largely ignored, judicial elections in the states have become increasingly controversial over the past two decades. Legal organizations, prominent law professors, and a retired Supreme Court justice have advocated the elimination of elections as a means to choose judges. One of their primary concerns is interest group involvement in elections to state supreme courts, which they see as having negative effects on both the courts themselves and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813940346
• ISBN13: 9780813940342
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 8.8"