1 The Study of Judicial Elections

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Tables ix
4. List of Figures xi
5. Acknowledgments xiii
6. 1 The Study of Judicial Elections 1
7. 2 First Amendment Limits on Regulating Judicial Campaigns 15
8. 3 The Changing Tone of Judicial Election Campaigns as a Result of White 34
9. 4 The Dynamics of Campaign Spending in State Supreme Court Elections 59
10. 5 Interest Group Participation in Judicial Elections 73
11. 6 Partisan Involvement in Partisan and Nonpartisan Trial Court Elections 96
12. 7 Judicial Elections in the News 115
13. 8 Voter Responses to High-Visibility Judicial Campaigns 140
14. 9 Competition as Accountability in State Supreme Court Elections 165
15. 10 Judicial Selection Methods and Capital Punishment in the American States 186
16. 11 Judicial Reform and the Future of Judicial Elections 204
17. Bibliography 219
18. About the Contributors 239
19. Index 243