The Impact of Judicial-Selection Method on State-Supreme-Court Policy: Innovation, Reaction, and Atrophy

by Daniel R. Pinello

This unique empirical study investigates how the method of judicial selection significantly affects state-supreme-court policies in several important areas of law--business, criminal procedure, and family law. After examining different theories and surveying the research about judicial selection, this comparative study of policies in six states--Connecticut, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Virginia, West Virginia--challenges current assumptions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313292434
• ISBN13: 9780313292439
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.5"