Choosing Justice: The Recruitment of State and Federal Judges Book

	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Introduction
Ch. 1	A Short History of Judicial Selection	1
Ch. 2	A Model for Understanding Judicial Recruitment	17
Ch. 3	Recruitment by Nonpartisan Elections	43
Ch. 4	Partisan Judicial Recruitment	69
Ch. 5	Legislative Selection	87
Ch. 6	Appointments to State Courts	105
Ch. 7	Merit Commission for the Recruitment of State Judges	125
Ch. 8	Federal Judicial Recruitment	147
Ch. 9	U.S. Supreme Court Appointments	161
Ch. 10	U.S. Courts of Appeals Selection	183
Ch. 11	Recruitment to Federal District Courts	199
Ch. 12	Epilogue	211
App. A	Judicial Elections, Articulation, and Role Orientations: An Empirical Test	217
App. B	The Report of the Walsh Commission (Washington 1996)	227
App. C	Harris County General Election Ballot (Texas 1994)	237
App. D	Joint Legislative Committee Report (South Carolina 1996)	251
App. E	Guidelines for Reviewing Qualifications of Candidates (New Jersey 1995)	253
App. F	Proposed Interview Questions for Judicial Nominating Commissions (Florida 1996)	259
App. G	A.B.A. Governing Principles of the Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary (1988)	263
App. H	Senate Judiciary Committee: Testimony on Nomination of Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Supreme Court 1993)	265
App. I	U.S. Department of Justice: Questionnaire Judicial Candidates (1991)	269
App. J	Senate Judiciary Sub-committee: Testimony of Nomination of Alan V. McDonald (U.S. District Court 1985)	273
	Name Index	277
	Subject Index	281