000			02661nam a22004453i 4500
001			EBC3301049
003			MiAaPQ
005			20240729124848.0
006			m o d |
007			cr cnu||||||||
008			240724s2012 xx o ||||0 eng d
020			_a9780674062825 _q(electronic bk.)
020			_z9780674055483
035			_a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301049
035			_a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301049
035			_a(CaPaEBR)ebr10535733
035			_a(OCoLC)778459400
040			_aMiAaPQ _beng _erda _epn _cMiAaPQ _dMiAaPQ
050		4	_aKF8776
082	0		_a347.73/14
100	1		_aShugerman, Jed Handelsman.
245	1	4	_aThe People's Courts : _bPursuing Judicial Independence in America.
250			_a1st ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bHarvard University Press, _c2012.
264		4	_c©2012.
300			_a1 online resource (392 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aIntro -- 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.
520			_aIn 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.
588			_aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590			_aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650		0	_aJudges-United States-States-Election-History.
650		0	_aJudicial independence-United States-History.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aShugerman, Jed Handelsman _tThe People's Courts _dCambridge : Harvard University Press,c2012 _z9780674055483
797	2		_aProQuest (Firm)
856	4	0	_uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3301049 _zClick to View
999			_c75447 _d75447