Electing judges

Gibson, James L., 1951-

Electing judges : the surprising effects of campaigning on judicial legitimacy / James L. Gibson. -- Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2012. -- 226 s. -- Rejstř. -- Summary: The "new style" judicial elections in the American states -- Republican Party of Minnesota v. White and perceptions of judicial impartiality -- Can campaign activity cross the line? -- Diffuse support for a state supreme court: judicial legitimacy in Kentucky -- Expectancy theory and judicial legitimacy -- Judges, elections, and the American mass public: the effects of judicial campaigns on the legitimacy of courts -- Judicial campaigns, elections for judges, and court legitimacy: do judicial elections really stink? -- Appendix A: legal developments post-White -- Appendix B: the surveys -- Appendix C: experimental vignettes -- Appendix D: question wording -- Appendix E: the distributions of key analytical variables -- Appendix F: interactive analysis -- Appendix G: measuring support for democratic institutions and processes -- Appendix H: question wording -- Appendix I: adding control variables. -- brož. -- ISBN : 978-0-226-29108-6.

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