Administering Justice Placing the Chief Justice in American State Politics

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: University of Michigan Press 2023
• Subjects: chief justice, chief judge, presiding judge, judicial administration, court administration, judicial politics, state supreme court, administrative leadership, court reform, judicial reform, courts, judges, state courts, court leadership, State of the Judiciary, interbranch relations, judicial selection, state politics; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPR Regional, state and other local government; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LA Jurisprudence and general issues; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNA Legal systems: general::LNAA Legal systems: courts and procedures; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LNA Legal systems: general::LNAA Legal systems: courts and procedures::LNAA1 Legal systems: judges and judicial powers; thema EDItEUR::L Law::LN Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law::LND Constitutional and administrative law: general::LNDU Local government law
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 Administering Justice examines the leadership role of chief justices in the American states, including how those duties require chief justices to be part of the broader state political environment. Vining and Wilhelm focus extensively on the power of chief justices as public spokespersons, legislative liaisons, and reform leaders. In contrast to much existing research on chief justices in the states, this study weighs their extrajudicial responsibilities rather than intracourt leadership. By assessing the content of State of the Judiciary remarks delivered over a period of sixty years, Vining and Wilhelm are able to analyze the reform agendas advanced by chief justices and determine what factors influence the likelihood of success. These analyses confirm that chief justices engage with state politics in meaningful ways and that reactions to their proposals are influenced by ideological congruence with other political elites and the scope of their requests. Administering Justice also examines the chief justice position as an institution, provides a collective profile of its occupants, and surveys growing diversity among court leaders.