Add to ORKGJudges are supposed to rule solely based on their interpretation of the law rather than the desires of the public. However, many judges are elected to their positions and must endure re-election campaigns. Using data from 1980-2006, Brandice Canes-Wrone examines how the rise of policy oriented judicial campaigns have affected judges’ opinions on the death penalty. She concludes that when faced with elections, judges respond like elected officials, changing their opinions based on majority support
A centuries-old controversy asks whether judicial elections are inconsistent with impartial justice....
This paper explores the impact that systems of judicial elections have on judges’ decision making. I...
We find field evidence for what experimental studies have documented regarding the contexts and char...
In the US, state Supreme Court judges are either appointed, elected, or more commonly, are subject t...
In theory, state supreme court justices should be independent in their decision making, rather than ...
Several studies try to explain case outcomes based on the politics of judicial selection methods. Sc...
Several studies try to explain case outcomes based on the politics of judicial selection methods. Sc...
Decisions in capital cases have increasingly become campaign fodder in both judicial and nonjudicial...
The conventional wisdom among many legal scholars is that judicial independence can best be achieved...
Each year, more than 90 percent of civil and felony crime cases in the United States are handled by ...
Elections transform the basis of judicial legitimacy. Whereas a permanently appointed judiciary find...
High profile Supreme Court cases have become increasingly commonplace, particularly with the Citizen...
Each year, more than 90 percent of civil and felony crime cases in the United States are handled by ...
U.S. Presidential elections polarize U.S. Courts of Appeals judges, doubling their dissents, partisa...
U.S. Presidential elections polarize U.S. Courts of Appeals judges, doubling their dissents, partisa...
A centuries-old controversy asks whether judicial elections are inconsistent with impartial justice....
This paper explores the impact that systems of judicial elections have on judges’ decision making. I...
We find field evidence for what experimental studies have documented regarding the contexts and char...
In the US, state Supreme Court judges are either appointed, elected, or more commonly, are subject t...
In theory, state supreme court justices should be independent in their decision making, rather than ...
Several studies try to explain case outcomes based on the politics of judicial selection methods. Sc...
Several studies try to explain case outcomes based on the politics of judicial selection methods. Sc...
Decisions in capital cases have increasingly become campaign fodder in both judicial and nonjudicial...
The conventional wisdom among many legal scholars is that judicial independence can best be achieved...
Each year, more than 90 percent of civil and felony crime cases in the United States are handled by ...
Elections transform the basis of judicial legitimacy. Whereas a permanently appointed judiciary find...
High profile Supreme Court cases have become increasingly commonplace, particularly with the Citizen...
Each year, more than 90 percent of civil and felony crime cases in the United States are handled by ...
U.S. Presidential elections polarize U.S. Courts of Appeals judges, doubling their dissents, partisa...
U.S. Presidential elections polarize U.S. Courts of Appeals judges, doubling their dissents, partisa...
A centuries-old controversy asks whether judicial elections are inconsistent with impartial justice....
This paper explores the impact that systems of judicial elections have on judges’ decision making. I...
We find field evidence for what experimental studies have documented regarding the contexts and char...