Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
This Article focuses on one of the paramount issues surrounding the 1970 Constitution. Illinois' current method of selecting judges by election is compared to selection by appointment. The Article analyzes the quality, accountability and independence of judges under both methods. While finding relatively little difference in quality or accountability under either system, the article concludes that greater judicial independence calls for a change to some form of appointive merit selection.
First Page
665
Last Page
708
Publication Date
7-1-1988
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Ford, Nancy
(1988)
"From Judicial Election to Merit Selection: A Time for Change in Illinois,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 8:
Iss.
3, Article 3.
Suggested Citation
Nancy Ford, From Judicial Election to Merit Selection: A Time for Change in Illinois, 8 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 665 (1988).
