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Judicial Ethics And Identity, Charles Gardner Geyh Jan 2023

Judicial Ethics And Identity, Charles Gardner Geyh

Articles by Maurer Faculty

This Article seeks to untangle a cluster of controversies and conundrums at the epicenter of the judiciary’s role in American government, where a judge’s identity as a person and role as a judge intersect. Part I synthesizes the traditional ethics schema, which proceeds from the premise that good judges decide cases on the basis of facts and law, unsullied by the extralegal influences of identity that make judges who they are as human beings. Part II discusses the empirical evidence, and the extent to which identity influences judicial decision- making in ways that contradict tenets of the traditional schema. Part …


Religiously Devout Judges: A Decision-Making Framework For Judicial Disqualification, Michelle L. Jones Jul 2013

Religiously Devout Judges: A Decision-Making Framework For Judicial Disqualification, Michelle L. Jones

Indiana Law Journal

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The Endless Judicial Selection Debate And Why It Matters For Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh Jan 2008

The Endless Judicial Selection Debate And Why It Matters For Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh

Articles by Maurer Faculty

In this overview, I begin by describing the five different systems of state judicial selection that have evolved out of a perennial struggle to strike an optimal balance between judicial independence and judicial accountability. I then explore recent developments that have intensified that struggle, before analyzing, with reference to available research, how different selection systems counter or accommodate such developments. My purpose here is not to write (another) position piece. Rather, my purpose is to step back and contextualize disputes over judicial selection with reference to the independence and accountability issues that animate them, and to isolate what we know …


Methods Of Judicial Selection And Their Impact On Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh Jan 2008

Methods Of Judicial Selection And Their Impact On Judicial Independence, Charles G. Geyh

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Highlighting A Low Point On A High Court: Some Thoughts On The Removal Of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen And The Limits Of Judicial Self-Regulation, Charles G. Geyh Jan 1995

Highlighting A Low Point On A High Court: Some Thoughts On The Removal Of Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Rolf Larsen And The Limits Of Judicial Self-Regulation, Charles G. Geyh

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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