Supreme Court and Legal Change e-bog
302,96 DKK
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The authors analyze abortion and death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court and argue that they provide prime examples of abrupt legal change. After proposing that the strength of legal arguments has at least as much impact on Court decisions as do public opinion and justices' political beliefs, they focus on the way litigators propel certain issues onto the Court's agenda and seek to persuad...
E-bog
302,96 DKK
Udgivet
9 november 2000
Længde
436 sider
Genrer
Politics and government
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9798890865601
The authors analyze abortion and death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court and argue that they provide prime examples of abrupt legal change. After proposing that the strength of legal arguments has at least as much impact on Court decisions as do public opinion and justices' political beliefs, they focus on the way litigators propel certain issues onto the Court's agenda and seek to persuade the justices to affect legal change.