TY - GEN A1 - Abu Gholeh, Magdalena A1 - Bury, Paweł A2 - Hałub, Olga A2 - Jabłoński, Mariusz A2 - Radajewski, Mateusz A2 - Szmyt, Andrzej PB - E-Wydawnictwo. Prawnicza i Ekonomiczna Biblioteka Cyfrowa. Wydział Prawa, Administracji i Ekonomii Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego N2 - United States is one of the few countries where citizens have a direct influence on the selection of judges. At the level of the state judiciary can be identified five main methods of selecting judges: partisan election, nonpartisan election, merit selection, legislative appointment and gubernatorial appointment. All of them are presented and described in the article. Authors tried to present the american system of appointing judges in a broad perspective. That is why in paper also provide informations about candidates requirements, terms of office, impeachment, recall and retention election. Due to the large diversity of regulations in different states authors included an three attachments which can help to better understand various judicial systems. L1 - http://repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/Content/79492/PDF/04_01_M_Abu_Gholeh_P_Bury_Bezposredni_wybor_sedziow.pdf CY - Wrocław L2 - http://repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/Content/79492 PY - 2016 KW - election KW - United States of America KW - term of office KW - merit selection KW - judges KW - parties KW - retention election T1 - Direct election of judges on example of the United Statesof America UR - http://repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/79492 ER -