Year: 2003
Type: article
Abstract: The relationship between judicial elections and judicial independence is receiving considerable scrutiny today.This article examines the impact of elections on judicial independence from the perspective of voters, since it is voters' choices that ultimately determine the electoral fates of incumbent judges.The research on voting in judicial elections helps in understanding the circumstances that make judges vulnerable to defeat and the conditions under which elections may reduce judicial independence.This research also illuminates the effects of different forms of election-partisan, nonpartisan, and retention-on incumbent judges.
Author: Lawrence Baum
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2108290679