The Transformation Of The Supreme Court's Agenda From The New Deal To The Reagan Administration
Auteur : Pacelle Richard
When we think of judicial activism?the Court's role in making public policy?we often focus on individuals: the Robert Borks or Thurgood Marshalls of the times. In this book, Richard Pacelle explores the institutional judicial activism of the Supreme Court through the dramatic changes in its agenda as it has evolved from 1933 to the present. Once dominated by economic issues, the Supreme Court's agenda is now populated largely by cases involving individual rights and liberties. This shift is hardly accidental, Pacelle argues, and he offers quantitative as well as qualitative assessments of the means and motivations for change. Over 7,500 cases serve as the basis of analysis, and the narrative is amplified by informative appendixes: an explanation of the author's case taxonomy, a chronology of the Court's chief justices, a list of cases cited, and a digest of key cases. The systematic framework provided for tracing historical changes in the Supreme Court's agenda is the first of its kind and is sure to be valuable in future analyses and projections of coming change beyond the Rehnquist Court.
Date de parution : 11-2020
14.8x23.7 cm
Date de parution : 07-2019
15.2x22.9 cm
Mots-clés :
Agenda Space; Supreme Court's agenda; Willis Van Devanter; individual rights; Court's Agenda; Reagan administration; Dynamic Policy Process; Rehnquist Court; Burger Court; institutional judicial activism; Warren Court; Central Government; Civil Liberties Agenda; Agenda Change; Vinson Court; Policy Evolution; Agenda Building; Hughes Court; Federal Tort Claims Act; Federal Common Law; Cert Pool; Agenda Allocation; Landmark Decisions; Incorporation Decisions; Criminal Procedure Cases; Dual Federalism; Civil Liberties Issues; Policy Windows