Judging Law and Policy: Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (810 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0415885256 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 236 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Covering tax, school financing, same-sex marriage, civil rights, gender equality, and environmental policies, Howard and Steigerwalt offer readers a perspective on judicial policy-making that extends well beyond Supreme Court decision-making and rightfully acknowledges the importance of trial judges and the increased prominence of state legal actors in public policy-making."Susan Haire, University of Georgia "Judging Law and Policy: Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System provides a comprehensive look at the ways in which courts make policy. For each policy area, they discuss the current state of the law, the extent of court involvement in policy change, responses of other governmental institutions and outside actors, and the factors that influence the degree of implementation and impact of c
Throughout the book, Howard and Steigerwalt examine and analyze the literature on judicial policy-making as well as evaluate existing measures of judicial ideology, judicial activism, court and legal policy formation, policy change and policy impact. To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courtstax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality, affirmative action, school finance, and same-sex marriage. Each chapter uncovers the policymaking aspects of judicial process by investigating the current state of the law, the extent of court involvement in policy change, the responses of other governmental entities and outside actors, and the factors which influenced the degree of implementation and impact of the relevant court decisions. The authors address these issues through the twin lenses of how state and federal courts must and do interact with the other branches of government and whether judicial policy-making is a form of activist judging. This unique text offers n
Robert M. Howard is Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University and editor of Justice System Journal. Amy Steigerwalt is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Georgia State University.