how law shapes, constrains, saves, and kills politics /
Gordon Silverstein.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2009.
1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index.
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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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.
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Judicial power-- United States.
Justice, Administration of-- Political aspects-- United States.
Law-- Political aspects-- United States.
Political questions and judicial power-- United States.