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University of Washington School of Law

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1981

Judicial elections

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Ethical Conduct In A Judicial Campaign: Is Campaigning An Ethical Activity?, J. Scott Gary Dec 1981

Ethical Conduct In A Judicial Campaign: Is Campaigning An Ethical Activity?, J. Scott Gary

Washington Law Review

The purpose of this comment is twofold. First, through a comprehensive survey of the codes that comprise the sources of legal ethics, the comment elucidates a body of ethical law governing the conduct of candidates in a judicial campaign. Second, after identifying the basic principle found to underlie these ethical codes, this comment argues that the scope of permissible judicial campaigning should be strictly confined.