The wisdom of selecting judges on merit was slow to take root in the Sunshine State. It had been advocated since the 1940s, first by the Florida State Bar Association and then by the official Florida Bar, but a notoriously malapportioned, rural-dominated legislature was sterile ground. By the mid-1970s, however, circumstances had become ripe—and in a sense pungent—to accomplish in part what had seemed impossible
Judicial decision overturned; Students may benefit from website facelift; UCF professor studies fami...
When the election of November 7, 1876 failed to resolve the presidential contest between Republican ...
In August 1979, Time magazine featured an article titled, “Judging the Judges.” In that article, nea...
The wisdom of selecting judges on merit was slow to take root in the Sunshine State. It had been adv...
Florida Bar Immediate Past President Scott Hawkins’s law review essay publishes this eye-catching fa...
In the November 2000 election, the citizens of Florida had the opportunity to switch from the nonpar...
Scott Hawkins’s Perspective on Judicial Merit Retention in Florida makes a number of important point...
This November, voters will decide whether to retain in office three justices of the Florida Supreme ...
This article argues that popularly electing judges is incompatible with the three basic elements of ...
During the twentieth century, judicial reformers attempting to depoliticize the selection of state c...
This Article reviews some of the factors that have diminished the appeal of merit selection for judg...
Differences about how the business of federal circuit and district courts should be administered--as...
Ex-election commissioner says blame unfair; Former athlete patrols UCF on a different field; Interes...
Suspending or removing public officials from office at any level of government and at any point in t...
When the United States received Florida from Spain in 1821, one of the most obvious tools of institu...
Judicial decision overturned; Students may benefit from website facelift; UCF professor studies fami...
When the election of November 7, 1876 failed to resolve the presidential contest between Republican ...
In August 1979, Time magazine featured an article titled, “Judging the Judges.” In that article, nea...
The wisdom of selecting judges on merit was slow to take root in the Sunshine State. It had been adv...
Florida Bar Immediate Past President Scott Hawkins’s law review essay publishes this eye-catching fa...
In the November 2000 election, the citizens of Florida had the opportunity to switch from the nonpar...
Scott Hawkins’s Perspective on Judicial Merit Retention in Florida makes a number of important point...
This November, voters will decide whether to retain in office three justices of the Florida Supreme ...
This article argues that popularly electing judges is incompatible with the three basic elements of ...
During the twentieth century, judicial reformers attempting to depoliticize the selection of state c...
This Article reviews some of the factors that have diminished the appeal of merit selection for judg...
Differences about how the business of federal circuit and district courts should be administered--as...
Ex-election commissioner says blame unfair; Former athlete patrols UCF on a different field; Interes...
Suspending or removing public officials from office at any level of government and at any point in t...
When the United States received Florida from Spain in 1821, one of the most obvious tools of institu...
Judicial decision overturned; Students may benefit from website facelift; UCF professor studies fami...
When the election of November 7, 1876 failed to resolve the presidential contest between Republican ...
In August 1979, Time magazine featured an article titled, “Judging the Judges.” In that article, nea...