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2012

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The Micro And Macro Causes Of Prison Growth, John F. Pfaff Jan 2012

The Micro And Macro Causes Of Prison Growth, John F. Pfaff

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Elected Judges And Statutory Interpretation, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl, Ethan J. Leib Jan 2012

Elected Judges And Statutory Interpretation, Aaron-Andrew P. Bruhl, Ethan J. Leib

Faculty Scholarship

This Article considers whether differences in methods of judicial selection should influence how judges approach statutory interpretation. Courts and scholars have not given this question much sustained attention, but most would probably embrace the “unified model,” according to which appointed judges (such as federal judges) and elected judges (such as many state judges) are supposed to approach statutory text in identical ways. There is much to be said for the unified model—and we offer the first systematic defense of it. But the Article also attempts to make the best case for the more controversial but also plausible contrary view: that …