Section I. Opening (Commission mandate; Enduring principles) -- Section II. Recent developments (The politicizing of state high courts; The lower courts) -- Section III. Conclusions and recommendations (Preserving the judiciary's institutional legitimacy; Improving judicial selection) -- Appendix A. Recommendation and report of the ABA Commission on the 21st Century Judiciary adopted by the ABA House of Delegates -- Appendix B. Roster of witnesses and faculty -- Appendix C. Statement of principles regarding Michigan judicial campaigns -- Appendix D. State judicial selection and judicial independence / by G. Alan Tarr -- Appendix E. Challenges to constitutional decisions of state courts and institutional pressures on state judiciaries / by Emily Field Van Tassel -- Appendix F. The politics of crime and the threat to judicial independence / by Jeannine Bell -- Appendix G. Civil justice and judicial selection / by Andrew Spalding and Carl Tobias -- Appendix H. Judicial independence in family courts / by Barbara A. Babb and Judith B. Moran.
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