Judging Law and Policy
Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System
To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts-tax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality, affirmative action, school finance, and same-sex marriage. The authors address these issues through the twin lenses of how state and federal courts must and do interact with the other branches of government and whether judicial policy-making is a form of activist judging. Each chapter uncovers the policymaking aspects of judicial process by investigating the…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Steigerwalt, Amy
- ISBN: 978-1-136-88760-4
- EAN: 9781136887604
- Produktnummer: 13852158
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'724 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
- Abbildungen: 11 schwarz-weiße Zeichnungen, 26 schwarz-weiße Tabellen
Über den Autor
Robert M. Howard is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University and editor of Justice System Journal.Amy Steigerwalt is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.
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