The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (Thornton H. Brooks Series in American Law and Society) - Couverture souple

Epstein, Lee; Kobylka, Joseph F.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0807843849 ISBN 13 : 9780807843840

Editeur : The University of North Carolina Press, 1992

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Biographie de l'auteur

Lee Epstein received her PhD from Emory University. She is the Edward Mallinckrodt Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Washington University of St. Louis. She is the author of 'Conservatives in Court' (1985) and the co-author of 'The Supreme Court Compendium: Data, Decisions, and Developments' (1994); 'Constitutional Law for a Changing America: Institutional Powers and Constraints' (1992); 'Constitutional Law for A Changing America: Rights, Liberties and Justice: A Short Course' (1996); 'The Choices Justices Make' (1998); 'The Supreme Court of the United States: An Introduction' (1993); 'The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty' (1992); 'Public Interest Law Sourcebook: An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide' (1992) and 'Public Interest Law Groups' (1989), as well as various journal articles and chapters in edited volumes. Epstein serves on the board of multiple Political Science Associations and has been awarded grants from the National Science Foundation, the Center for New Institutional Social Science, the Business, Law, and Economics Center at Washington University, Southern Methodist University, and the Earhart Foundation. Southern Methodist University awarded her the Margareta Deschner Teaching Award in 1988 and the Rotunda Teaching Award in 1988 and 1991. She has also been named Professor of the Year, 2000 by Washington University's Undergraduate Political Science Association; Faculty of the Year, 2000 by the Washington University Student Union and Outstanding Faculty Member, 1999 by Washington University s Women's Panhellenic Association.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The University of North Carolina Press
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0807843849
• ISBN 13: 9780807843840
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 436
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• Personne responsable: non disponible