Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? Second Edition (American Politics and Political Economy Series)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0226726711
ISBN 13
9780226726717
Category
RULE OF LAW
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
534
Subject
Women's rights, Sociological jurisprudence, Judicial power, Social change
Abstract
Liberals have acclaimed, and conservatives decried, reliance on courts as tools for changes. But while debate rages over whether the courts should be playing such a legislative role, Gerald N. Rosenberg poses a far more fundamental question—can courts produce political and social reform?
Rosenberg presents, with remarkable skill, an overwhelming case that efforts to use the courts to generate significant reforms in civil rights, abortion, and women's rights were largely failures.
Rosenberg presents, with remarkable skill, an overwhelming case that efforts to use the courts to generate significant reforms in civil rights, abortion, and women's rights were largely failures.
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