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"This book offers a comprehensive theory of Supreme Court power, identifying conditions under which the Court is successful at altering the behavior of state and private actors. Matthew E.K. Hall depicts the Court as a powerful institution, capable of exerting significant influence over social...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hall, Matthew Eric Kane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
United States. > Supreme Court > History.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court > Histoire.
United States. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power > United States > History > Sources.
Judgments > United States > History.
Constitutional history > United States.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis > Histoire > Sources.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
LAW > Government > Federal.
Constitutional history.
Judgments.
Political questions and judicial power.
Social conditions.
United States > Social conditions > Sources.
États-Unis > Conditions sociales > Sources.
United States.
History.
Sources.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Neither force, nor will
  • When courts command:
  • Defining judicial power ; Competing theories of Supreme Court power ; Forming a new theory of Supreme Court power
  • Judging the court:
  • The problem of strategic court action ; Evaluating Supreme Court power ; Summary of hypotheses
  • Popular vertical issues: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act ; The Pentagon Papers case ; Summary: Popular vertical issues
  • Unpopular vertical issues:
  • Abortion ; Flag desecration ; Obscenity ; The exclusionary rule ; Miranda warnings ; Warrantless eavesdropping ; The right to counsel ; Capital punishment ; Free press in the courtroom ; Sovereign immunity ; The Gun-Free School Zones Act ; Summary: Unpopular vertical issues
  • Popular lateral issues:
  • Reapportionment ; Majority-minority congressional districts ; The legislative veto ; Public aid to religious schools ; Affirmative action in college admissions ; Student religious publications at public universities ; Minimum wage for state employees ; Bush v. Gore ; Summary: Popular lateral issues
  • Unpopular lateral issues:
  • School desegregation ; School prayer ; Censorship in public education ; Minority set-aside programs ; Congressional exclusion ; The Brady Bill ; Summary: Unpopular lateral issues
  • Neither the sword nor the purse, but the keys:
  • Persistent puzzles
  • The Supreme Court as a mechanism for social change ; Judicial review in the American political system
  • Appendix I. Case selection
  • Appendix II. Survey information and citations
  • Appendix III. Supporting data for figures
  • Appendix IV. Statistical analysis on the effects of the Pico ruling
  • Appendix V. Behavior conformity calculations
  • Appendix VI. Statistical analysis of behavior conformity
  • Appendix VII. The effects of unanimity on behavior conformity.

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