CLJ 240 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Merit System, Judicial Misconduct
5 Nov 2016
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Clj 240 chapter 8 court personnel roles and functions. Defining judicial administration: the day-to-day and long range activities of those persons who are responsible for the activities and functions of a court, judicial selection. The method used to nominate, select, or elect and install judges into office is of extreme importance. A variety of means is used (involving partisan elections, nonpartisan elections, merit selection, or appointment) Merit selection (missouri bar plan: a nonpartisan method of selecting judges, a nominating commission provides names of qualified persons to the governor, who chooses one person to serve. Judges: methods of selection: popular elections of judges: Can fail to encourage the ablest lawyers to seek judicial posts and discourage qualified persons who want to avoid the rigors of a campaign. May provide an incentive for judges to decide cases in a popular manner. Judicial benefits and problems: judges who are new to the bench commonly face three general problems:
