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Courts and public policy /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Christopher E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : Nelson-Hall, [1993]
Subjects:
Courts > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Judicial power > United States.
Public policy (Law) > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Courts and public policy
  • The legitimacy of courts as policy-making forums
  • The capacity of courts as policy-making forums
  • School desegregation : federal judicial power and social change
  • Education financing : judicial policy-making in state courts
  • Prison reform litigation : judicial power and institutional administration
  • Abortion : the judiciary's interactions with other political actors
  • Tort law : the cumulative policy consequences of litigation
  • Judicial policy-making : a concluding note.