Litigating Judicial Selection

Herbert M. Kritzer is the Marvin J. Sonosky Chair emeritus of Law and Public Policy at the University of Minnesota Law School, and Professor of Political Science and Law emeritus at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. He is author or co-author of more than 100 articles and ten previous books, including Justices on the Ballot (2015) and Judicial Selection in the States (2020).

• 1. Fighting over Judicial Selection; 2. Litigation over Federal Judicial Selection; 3. Litigation Concerning State Judicial Selection: A Portrait; 4. Challenging and Changing State Judicial Selection; 5. Selection Preliminaries: Eligibility, Term Length, And Vacancies; 6. Election Processes: Nominations, Campaigns, and Finance; 7. Election Administration and Election Contests; 8. Non-Elective Systems; 9. Other Cases; 10. Litigating Judicial Selection: Another Example of American Exceptionalism; List of cases and other authorities; Index.

'Bert Kritzer has long been the nation's leading scholar of judicial selection for state courts. In an area likely to expand exponentially in the future, this book will be an invaluable reference for both scholars and practitioners.' Malcolm M. Feeley, Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley