Rövid leírás:
Who Is to Judge? tackles the judicial selection debate head on. Judicial politics expert Charles Gardner Geyh exposes the exaggerations of binary arguments in support of either elective or appointive systems, approaching middle ground and ultimately arguing that no single system of selection is optimal for all jurisdictions at all times.
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Hosszú leírás:
An elected judiciary is virtually unique to the American experience and creates a paradox in a representative democracy. Elected judges take an oath to uphold the law impartially, which calls upon them to swear off the influence of the very constituencies they must cultivate in order to attain and retain judicial office. This paradox has given rise to perennially shrill and unproductive binary arguments over the merits and demerits of elected and appointed judiciaries, which this project seeks to transcend and reimagine. In Who Is to Judge?, judicial politics expert Charles Gardner Geyh exposes and explains the overstatements of both sides in the judicial selection debate. When those exaggerations are understood as such, it becomes possible to search for common ground and its limits. Ultimately, this search leads Geyh to conclude that, while appointive systems are a preferable default, no one system of selection is best for all jurisdictions at all times.
Brilliant intellectualism at its core, Who Is to Judge? is an expertly crafted discussion of the state judicial selection controversy, in which Geyh denounces stridency while embracing both normative ideals and empirical research. An exceptional contribution, this book is a rare yet outstanding example of how to transcend disciplinary divides, bridge the gap between science and practical politics, and offer constructive solutions the nation’s most enduring debates.
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Tartalomjegyzék:
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: A Short and Pointed History of Judicial Selection
Chapter 3: The New Judicial Selection Landscape
Chapter 4: The Arguments
Chapter 5: Why Everyone is Wrong
Chapter 6: Managing the Selection Debate
Chapter 7: The Future of Judicial Selection
