Judicial Elections in the 21st Century (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781138185890)

Chris W. Bonneau is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Pittsburgh. His work on judicial elections has been published in the top journals in political science, and he has coauthored two books on the subject: In Defense of Judicial Elections (2009, Routledge) and Voters' Verdicts: Citizens, Campaigns, and Institutions in State Supreme Court Elections (2015, University of Virginia Press). Additionally, he recently coedited Making Law and Courts Research Relevant: The Normative Implications of Empirical Research (2015, Routledge). Professor Bonneau currently serves as coeditor of State Politics and Policy Quarterly, one of the most influential substantive outlets for scholarship on state judicial politics.

Melinda Gann Hall is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Michigan State University. A pioneer in the field, her work on judicial elections spans over three decades and has been published in all of the most highly regarded journals in the discipline. She is coauthor of In Defense of Judicial Elections (2009, Routledge) and author of Attacking Judges: How Campaign Advertising Influences State Supreme Court Elections (2015, Stanford University Press).