What drives the process of how states select and retain judges? Using twenty-two detailed case studies, Kritzer examines how the competing goals of legal professionalism and politics influence decisions on choosing state court judges. This book will appeal to anyone interested in judicial and state politics, public policy, and law.
How do legal professionalism and politics influence efforts to structure the process of selecting and retaining state judges?
'In this book, Kritzer brings his usual, trenchant, clear-eyed analysis to bear on the baffling, and seemingly directionless course of state judicial selection reform in the aftermath of the merit selection movement. An exceptional work - and essential reading for anyone who cares about how America picks its judges.' Charles Gardner Geyh, John F. Kimberling Professor of Law, Indiana University, and author of Who is to Judge? The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges
