Philip L Dubois
Biographic Data
| ID | 1110451 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip L Dubois |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip L |
| FAMILY NAME | Dubois |
| SIGNATURE | DUBOIS P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Davis |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 97 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1979 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Politics of Innovation in State Courts
A potentially fruitful but partially explored dimension of the study of state policy innovations concerns the patterns of reform in the organization, structure, and personnel of state court systems. This study considers the adoption of merit judicial selection by nearly half of the states during the 1960s and 1970s. Specific attention is given to testing the hypothesis advanced by prior research that the Merit Plan was a strategic initiative laun…
The Illusion of Judicial Consensus Revisited
The decision-making tendencies of judges on intermediate state appellate courts have not been frequently studied because these courts issue few nonunanimous decisions. The high proportion of unanimous decisions has led scholars to presume that these courts are engaged primarily in routine error correction of trial court decisions and that judges' political and social background characteristics cannot therefore be important factors affecting this …
Penny for Your Thoughts? Campaign Spending in California Trial Court Elections, 1976-1982
S INCE Alexander Heard (1960) published his seminal work on political finance, scholars have been interested in understanding more about the role of money in election campaigns. As with other kinds of electoral research, attention focused initially upon the costs of presidential campaigns (Alexander 1962, 1966, 1971), followed thereafter by analyses of spending in U.S. senatorial and congressional elections and state gubernatorial and legislative…
Voting Cues in Nonpartisan Trial Court Elections
Despite a number of valuable scholarly contributions made in recent years, we still lack a precise understanding of the determinants of voter choice in low salience nonpartisan judicial elections. Utilizing a multivariate technique that controls for the varying numbers of candidates frequently found in judicial elections, this analysis examines the contributions of incumbency, occupational ballot labels, campaign spending, newspaper and bar assoc…
Introduction by the Symposium Editor
Measuring Dissent Behavior on State Courts
Public Participation in Trial Court Elections
A large part of the debate over state judicial selection has focused upon the lack of voter interest in and knowledge about judicial elections. This study investigates voter participation in the contested nonpartisan elections for California Superior Court judge from 1958–1978. Focusing upon the variations among and within the state's counties, the analysis attempts to assess the contributions of sociological, environmental, and institutional var…
Judges and Justices
Voter Turnout in State Judicial Elections
The Significance of Voting Cues in State Supreme Court Elections
Voters rarely take time to inform themselves about the candidates and issues in judicial elections. Uninformed, voters must rely upon some kind of voting cue, such as political party affiliation, incumbency, name familiarity, or the like, to help them cast their ballots in these low-salience elections. This article examines the effects these cues have in determining voter behavior in partisan and nonpartisan elections for state supreme court just…
Voting Cues in Nonpartisan Trial Court Elections
Despite a number of valuable scholarly contributions made in recent years, we still lack a precise understanding of the determinants of voter choice in low salience nonpartisan judicial elections. Utilizing a multivariate technique that controls for the varying numbers of candidates frequently found in judicial elections, this analysis examines the contributions of incumbency, occupational ballot labels, campaign spending, newspaper and bar assoc…
Voter Turnout in State Judicial Elections
The Significance of Voting Cues in State Supreme Court Elections
Voters rarely take time to inform themselves about the candidates and issues in judicial elections. Uninformed, voters must rely upon some kind of voting cue, such as political party affiliation, incumbency, name familiarity, or the like, to help them cast their ballots in these low-salience elections. This article examines the effects these cues have in determining voter behavior in partisan and nonpartisan elections for state supreme court just…
The Illusion of Judicial Consensus Revisited
The decision-making tendencies of judges on intermediate state appellate courts have not been frequently studied because these courts issue few nonunanimous decisions. The high proportion of unanimous decisions has led scholars to presume that these courts are engaged primarily in routine error correction of trial court decisions and that judges' political and social background characteristics cannot therefore be important factors affecting this …
Public Participation in Trial Court Elections
A large part of the debate over state judicial selection has focused upon the lack of voter interest in and knowledge about judicial elections. This study investigates voter participation in the contested nonpartisan elections for California Superior Court judge from 1958–1978. Focusing upon the variations among and within the state's counties, the analysis attempts to assess the contributions of sociological, environmental, and institutional var…
Penny for Your Thoughts? Campaign Spending in California Trial Court Elections, 1976-1982
S INCE Alexander Heard (1960) published his seminal work on political finance, scholars have been interested in understanding more about the role of money in election campaigns. As with other kinds of electoral research, attention focused initially upon the costs of presidential campaigns (Alexander 1962, 1966, 1971), followed thereafter by analyses of spending in U.S. senatorial and congressional elections and state gubernatorial and legislative…
The Politics of Innovation in State Courts
A potentially fruitful but partially explored dimension of the study of state policy innovations concerns the patterns of reform in the organization, structure, and personnel of state court systems. This study considers the adoption of merit judicial selection by nearly half of the states during the 1960s and 1970s. Specific attention is given to testing the hypothesis advanced by prior research that the Merit Plan was a strategic initiative laun…
Measuring Dissent Behavior on State Courts
Judges and Justices
Voter Turnout in State Judicial Elections
The Significance of Voting Cues in State Supreme Court Elections
Voters rarely take time to inform themselves about the candidates and issues in judicial elections. Uninformed, voters must rely upon some kind of voting cue, such as political party affiliation, incumbency, name familiarity, or the like, to help them cast their ballots in these low-salience elections. This article examines the effects these cues have in determining voter behavior in partisan and nonpartisan elections for state supreme court just…
Measuring Dissent Behavior on State Courts
Public Participation in Trial Court Elections
A large part of the debate over state judicial selection has focused upon the lack of voter interest in and knowledge about judicial elections. This study investigates voter participation in the contested nonpartisan elections for California Superior Court judge from 1958–1978. Focusing upon the variations among and within the state's counties, the analysis attempts to assess the contributions of sociological, environmental, and institutional var…
Introduction by the Symposium Editor
Voting Cues in Nonpartisan Trial Court Elections
Despite a number of valuable scholarly contributions made in recent years, we still lack a precise understanding of the determinants of voter choice in low salience nonpartisan judicial elections. Utilizing a multivariate technique that controls for the varying numbers of candidates frequently found in judicial elections, this analysis examines the contributions of incumbency, occupational ballot labels, campaign spending, newspaper and bar assoc…
Penny for Your Thoughts? Campaign Spending in California Trial Court Elections, 1976-1982
S INCE Alexander Heard (1960) published his seminal work on political finance, scholars have been interested in understanding more about the role of money in election campaigns. As with other kinds of electoral research, attention focused initially upon the costs of presidential campaigns (Alexander 1962, 1966, 1971), followed thereafter by analyses of spending in U.S. senatorial and congressional elections and state gubernatorial and legislative…
The Illusion of Judicial Consensus Revisited
The decision-making tendencies of judges on intermediate state appellate courts have not been frequently studied because these courts issue few nonunanimous decisions. The high proportion of unanimous decisions has led scholars to presume that these courts are engaged primarily in routine error correction of trial court decisions and that judges' political and social background characteristics cannot therefore be important factors affecting this …
The Politics of Innovation in State Courts
A potentially fruitful but partially explored dimension of the study of state policy innovations concerns the patterns of reform in the organization, structure, and personnel of state court systems. This study considers the adoption of merit judicial selection by nearly half of the states during the 1960s and 1970s. Specific attention is given to testing the hypothesis advanced by prior research that the Merit Plan was a strategic initiative laun…
Judicial and Constitutional Studies (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Political science (9 works) · Law (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · State (computer science (6 works) · Legal and Constitutional Studies (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Voting (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)