KEY TO JUDICIAL MERIT SELECTION - THE NOMINATING PROCESS

• NCJ Number: 27031
• Author(s): A ASHMAN; J J ALFINI; J S LUBBERS; V J CONNELLY
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 347 pages
• Grant Number(s): 73-DF-99-0002
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Sale Source: American Judicature Soc
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS STUDYING HOW THE MERIT SELECTION SYSTEM ACTUALLY WORKS, ANALYZING THE DATA, AND MAKING RECOMMENDATIONS.

Abstract

THE FIRST PART OF THE BOOK PRESENTS AN OVERVIEW OF THE JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESSES IN THE UNITED STATES, PLACING IN PERSPECTIVE THE ROLE AND FUNCTION OF THE JUDICIAL NOMINATING COMMISSIONS. THIS IS FOLLOWED BY AN ANALYSIS AND EVALUATION OF THESE COMMISSIONS IN GENERAL, INCLUDING ANALYSES OF THE INFLUENCES OF PARTISAN POLITICS AND THE ORGANIZED BAR. FIVE JURISDICTIONS IN WHICH MERIT SELECTION PLANS HAVE OPERATED ARE EXAMINED IN DEPTH IN PART II. FIELD INVESTIGATIONS AND QUESTIONNAIRES ANSWERED BY MEMBERS OF THESE COMMISSIONS PROVIDE A SET OF DATA UNIQUE TO THIS STUDY. THE FINAL SECTION CONTAINS RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE THE NONPARTISAN MERIT SELECTION PLAN INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL EVALUATION SCALE OF JUDICIAL APPLICANTS.