Suburbs under Siege : Race, Space, and Audacious Judges /

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In Suburbs under Siege Charles Haar argues passionately that all people--rich or poor, black or white--have a constitutional right to live in the suburbs and that a socially responsible judiciary should vigorously uphold that right. For various reasons, American courts have generally failed to quest...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Haar, Charles M. (Charles Monroe), 1920-2012 (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1996]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Vorort.
Rechtbanken.
Sociale rechtvaardigheid.
Discriminatie.
Woonruimteverdeling.
Rassismus
Wohnen
Social justice.
Race relations.
Land use > Law and legislation.
Discrimination in housing > Law and legislation.
Courts.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
LAW > Civil Rights.
Justice sociale > États-Unis.
Social justice > United States.
Courts > United States.
Land use > Law and legislation > United States.
Discrimination in housing > Law and legislation > United States.
USA.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States > Race relations.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue A nation of suburbs
  • Breaking new ground : the role of the courts in social change
  • Part I Challenge and response
  • Launching the Mount Laurel Doctrine
  • The view from the Mount
  • Judges into the fray
  • Of special masters and the front line
  • Part II An uneasy triumph
  • The legislature strikes back
  • ... And the judiciary responds : Holmdel and Warren
  • Part III Institutional reform through the courts
  • The new world of judicial remedies
  • Discretion and its discontents : checking abuses
  • Part IV The legacy
  • Leadership in institutional reform : rallying support for a vision
  • The last recourse : why judges intervene
  • National ramifications : judges as social innovators.

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