Free to Judge
Stanford University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5036-2761-1 (ISBN)
One of the barriers to action in the past has been an inability to prove that campaign donations influence state judicial decision-making. In this book, Kang and Shepherd answer that challenge for the first time, with a rigorous empirical study of campaign finance and judicial decision-making data. Pairing this with interviews of past and present judges, they create a compelling and persuasive account of people like Marsha Ternus, the first Iowa state supreme court justice to be voted out of office after her decision in a same-sex marriage case. The threat of such an outcome, and the desire to win reelection, results in judges demonstrably leaning towards the interests and preferences of their campaign donors across all cases.
Free to Judge is thus able to identify the pieces of our current system that invite bias, such as judicial reelection, and what reforms should focus on. This thoughtful and compellingly written book will be required reading for anybody who cares about creating a more just legal system.
Michael S. Kang is the Class of 1940 Professor at Northwestern University's Pritzker School of Law. He recently served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court and was the co-editor of Race, Reform, and Regulation of the Electoral Process (2011). He has also published extensively in law reviews including Yale Law Journal and Stanford Law Review.Joanna M. Shepherd is Vice Dean and Thomas Simmons Professor of Law at Emory University School of Law. She is the author of two previous books and her work has appeared in dozens of legal and academic publications including The Journal of Law & Economics, Stanford Law Review, and Michigan Law Review. Her empirical research has been cited by numerous courts, including twice by the U.S. Supreme Court.
1. The Modern Era of Big Money Judicial Elections
2. The Rise of Judicial Elections: How We Got Where We Are
3. The Crocodile in the Bathtub: How Elections and Money Influence Judges
4. Why Money Matters
5. How to Fix Judicial Elections and Campaign Finance
| Erscheinungsdatum | 25.07.2023 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 13 tables, 11 figures, 8 halftones, 3 maps |
| Verlagsort | Palo Alto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5036-2761-6 / 1503627616 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5036-2761-1 / 9781503627611 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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