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LEGISLATURES Miriam Seifter * State and federal courts routinely cast state legislatures in …

What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new
perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval …

From local trial courts to the United States Supreme Court, judges' decisions affect the fates
of individual litigants and the fate of the nation as a whole. Scholars have long discussed …

Through their power to sentence, trial judges exercise enormous authority in the criminal
justice system. In 39 American states, these judges stand periodically for reelection. Do …

Law is often defined by the fact of its sanction. The state does not merely recommend
compliance with the rules we call law, but backs those rules with liability or punishment. 1 …

One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought
judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or …

I address the controversy over how judges should be selected by analyzing the electoral
fortunes of incumbents on supreme courts from 1980 through 1995 in the 38 states using …

In this paper, we explore linkages between electoral politics and judicial voting behavior in
the context of models that take into account personal, contextual, institutional, and case …

The premise of this paper is that while the comparative study of courts can address some
vitally important questions in judicial politics, these gains will not be secured without a valid …

One of the most important recent developments in American legal theory is the burgeoning
interest in" popular constitutionalism." One of the most important features of the American …