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The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (Thornton H. Brooks...
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The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (Thornton H. Brooks...
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by Lee Epstein and Joseph F. Kobylka
Sales Rank : 914772
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Paperback: 436 pages
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press December 14, 1992
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807843849
ISBN-13: 978-0807843840
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.3 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds
Product Review
A rich and useful account of the voting patterns in the Supreme Court . . . in two politically contentious areas.
Law and Politics Book Review
Epstein and Kobylka provide an equally perceptive treatment of Roe and its progeny.
Legal Studies Forum
A groundbreaking look at the key role played by 'friends of the court' in affecting doctrinal change at the Supreme Court.
Tony Mauro, Supreme Court correspondent for USA Today and Supreme Court columnist for Legal Times
An important contribution to our understanding of the dynamics and consequences of interest group litigation in the Supreme Court.
Gregory Caldeira, Ohio State University
Product Description
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.
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