Running for judge [electronic resource] : the rising political, financial, and legal stakes of judicial elections / edited by Matthew J. Streb.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 219-237) and index.

The study of judicial elections / Matthew J. Streb -- First Amendment limits on regulating judicial campaigns / Richard L. Hasen -- The changing tone of judicial elections as a result of white / Rachel P. Caufield -- The dynamics of campaign spending in State Supreme Court elections / Chris W. Bonneau -- Interest group participation in judicial elections / Deborah Goldberg -- Partisan involvement in partisan and nonpartisan trial court elections / Matthew J. Streb -- Judicial Elections in the news / Brian F. Schaffner and Jennifer Segal Diascro -- Voters' responses to high-visibility judicial campaigns / Lawrence Baum and David Klein -- Competition as accountability in State Supreme Court elections / Melinda Gann Hall -- Judicial selection methods and capital punishment in the American states / Paul Brace and Brent D. Boyea -- Judicial reform and the future of judicial elections / Matthew J. Streb and Brian Frederick.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.