A Case Study in Judicial Consistency

Georgakopoulos, Nicholas

doi:10.2139/ssrn.249175

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A Case Study in Judicial Consistency

Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos

Indiana University - Robert H. McKinney School of Law

November 2000

Abstract:
After an unsuccessful attempt in 1982, the California electorate removed three of the Justices of the Supreme Court of California in the 1986 elections because they were soft on crime. This article studies statistically the voting patterns of the three justices who were on the California Supreme Court before and after the elections. Three distinct judicial and political strategies are revealed.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 15

Keywords: judge, elected judges, judicial elections

JEL Classification: K00, K40, K41

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Date posted: December 19, 2000

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Georgakopoulos, Nicholas L., A Case Study in Judicial Consistency (November 2000). Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=249175 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.249175

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