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Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State
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How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons
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Artikel-Nr:
9780521777346
Veröffentl:
2010
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
03.08.2010
Seiten:
508
Autor:
Edward L. Rubin
Gewicht:
817 g
Format:
229x152x30 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Investigates the role of federal judges in prison reform, and policy making in general.
1. Introduction; Part I. The Case of Judicial Prison Reform: 2. An overview of judicial prison reform; 3. Two classic prison reform cases: Arkansas and Texas; 4. Three variations on a theme: the Colorado penitentiary, the Santa Clara county jails and Marion penitentiary; Part II. The Theory of Judicial Policy-Making: 5. Defining the problem, identifying the goal, and rejecting the principle of federalism; 6. Creating doctrine, choosing solutions and transforming the rule of law; 7. Implementing the solution, muddling through and ignoring the separation of powers principle; 8. Conclusion; 9. CODA: assessing the successes of judicial prison reform.