Vol. 34 No. 1, January 2007
Index
- Judge Marilyn Hall Patel: a dedication.
- Keynote address Fordham University School of Law: Friday, April 7, 2006: why we seek reform.
- The judicial independence through fair appointments act.
- What makes a good appointive system for the selection of state court judges: the vision of the symposium.
- Rethinking judicial nominating commissions: independence, accountability, and public support.
- Beyond quality: first principles in judicial selection and their application to a commission-based selection system.
- How the pickers pick: finding a set of best practices for judicial nominating commissions.
- Wyoming's judicial selection process: is it getting the job done?
- On the validity and vitality of Arizona's judicial merit selection system: past, present, and future.
- A cancer on the republic: the assault upon impartiality of state courts and the challenge to judicial selection.
- Designing an appointive system: the key issues.
- Judicial performance review: a balance between judicial independence and public accountability.
- A comparison of the criminal appellate decisions of appointed state supreme courts: insights, questions, and implications for judicial independence.
- Appointing judges the European way.
- English reforms to judicial selection: comparative lessons for American states?
- A view from the ground: a reform group's perspective on the ongoing effort to achieve merit selection of judges.
- Enriching judicial independence: seeking to improve the retention vote phase of an appointive selection system.
- Careful what you wish for: tough questions, honest answers, and innovative approaches to appointive judicial selection.
- Enhancing diversity in an appointive system of selecting judges.
- A role for disciplinary agencies in the judicial selection process.
- Help wanted: is there a better way to select judges?