CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS: SEPARATING MONEY FROM THE DECISION-MAKING PROCESS

This thesis examines campaign contributions in judicial elections. Increasing campaign costs have created a perception that judges’ decisions may be biased by the contributions they receive. Regardless of actual bias, perceived bias is enough to warrant concern because it threatens the legitima...

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Main Author: CLUBB, JACOB RILEY
Other Authors: Westerland, Chad
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/612635
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/612635