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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Silverstein, Gordon
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
Subjects:
University of South Alabama
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial power > United States.
Justice, Administration of > Political aspects > United States.
Law > Political aspects > United States.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Justice > Administration > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Droit > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Judicial power
Justice, Administration of > Political aspects
Law > Political aspects
Political questions and judicial power
Rechtsprechende Gewalt
Politik
Justiz
Dömande makt > Förenta staterna.
Juridik och politik > Förenta staterna.
United States
USA
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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