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Law's allure : how law shapes, constrains, saves, and kills politics /

Law's Allure explains how, when, and why America's reliance on legal rules and judicial decisions shapes, constrains, saves, and sometimes even kills politics.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Silverstein, Gordon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Motives, incentives, patterns, and process
  • Why now? from may and may not--to must
  • Law is different : the power of precedent
  • Poverty and abortion : the risks and rewards of a judicial strategy
  • Environmental regulation : a constructive pattern
  • Campaign finance : a de-constructive pattern
  • The separation of powers : when the Court says yes--and no
  • War powers and precedent : when the Court is reluctant to intervene
  • Tobacco : how law saves--and kills politics
  • The promise and peril of law's allure.