Electing Judges

The Surprising Effects of Campaigning on Judicial Legitimacy

Autor: James L. Gibson

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: The University of Chicago Press

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In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds to the growing chor...

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Autor

James L. Gibson

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2012

strony

240

EAN

9780226291086

ISBN

0226291081

Enbook ID

04545110

Wydawca

The University of Chicago Press

Waga

368

Wymiary

157 x 229 x 14

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In "Electing Judges", leading judicial politics scholar James L. Gibson responds to the growing chorus of critics who fear that the politics of running for office undermine judicial independence. While many people have opinions on the topic, few have supported them with actual empirical evidence. Gibson rectifies this situation, offering the most systematic and comprehensive study to date of the impact of campaigns on public perceptions of fairness, impartiality, and the legitimacy of elected state courts - and his findings are both counterintuitive and controversial. Gibson finds that ordinary Americans do not conclude from campaign promises that judges are incapable of making impartial decisions. Instead, he shows, they understand the process of deciding cases to be an exercise in policymaking, rather than of simply applying laws to individual cases - and consequently think it's important for candidates to reveal where they stand on important issues. Negative advertising also turns out to have a limited effect on perceptions of judicial legitimacy, though the same cannot be said for widely hated campaign contributions. Taking both the good and bad into consideration, Gibson argues that elections are ultimately beneficial in boosting the legitimacy of courts, despite the slight negative effects of some campaign activities. "Electing Judges" will initiate a lively debate inside both the halls of justice and the academy.

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