The People's Courts : Pursuing Judicial Independence in America.
Shugerman, Jed Handelsman.
The People's Courts : Pursuing Judicial Independence in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (392 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: America's Peculiar Institution -- 1. Declaring Judicial Independence -- 2. Judicial Challenges in the Early Republic -- 3. Judicial Elections as Separation of Powers -- 4. Panic and Trigger -- 5. The American Revolutions of 1848 -- 6. The Boom in Judicial Review -- 7. Reconstructing Independence -- 8. The Progressives' Failed Solutions -- 9. The Great Depression, Crime, and the Revival of Appointment -- 10. The Puzzling Rise of Merit -- 11. Judicial Plutocracy after 1980 -- Conclusion: Interests, Ideas, and Judicial Independence -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. The People's Courts traces the history of this peculiarly American institution and the ongoing quest for an independent judiciary--one that would ensure fairness for all before the law--from the colonial era to the present.
9780674062825
Judges-United States-States-Election-History.
Judicial independence-United States-History.
Electronic books.
KF8776
347.73/14
The People's Courts : Pursuing Judicial Independence in America. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (392 pages)
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction: America's Peculiar Institution -- 1. Declaring Judicial Independence -- 2. Judicial Challenges in the Early Republic -- 3. Judicial Elections as Separation of Powers -- 4. Panic and Trigger -- 5. The American Revolutions of 1848 -- 6. The Boom in Judicial Review -- 7. Reconstructing Independence -- 8. The Progressives' Failed Solutions -- 9. The Great Depression, Crime, and the Revival of Appointment -- 10. The Puzzling Rise of Merit -- 11. Judicial Plutocracy after 1980 -- Conclusion: Interests, Ideas, and Judicial Independence -- Appendixes -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. The People's Courts traces the history of this peculiarly American institution and the ongoing quest for an independent judiciary--one that would ensure fairness for all before the law--from the colonial era to the present.
9780674062825
Judges-United States-States-Election-History.
Judicial independence-United States-History.
Electronic books.
KF8776
347.73/14