The can courts bring about social change? Rosenberg, Gerald N. creator text bibliography ilu Chicago University of Chicago 1991 monographic eng

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xii, 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. Machine derived contents note: List of Tables and Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. The Dynamic and the Constrained Court -- Part 1: Civil Rights -- Introduction -- 2. Bound for Glory? Brown and the Civil Rights Revolution -- 3. Constraints, Conditions, and the Courts -- 4. Planting the Seeds of Progress? -- 5. The Current of History -- Part 2: Abortion and Women's Rights -- Introduction -- 6. Transforming Women's Lives? The Courts and Abortion -- 7. Liberating Women? The Courts and Women's Rights -- 8. The Court as Catalyst? -- 9. The Tide of History -- Part 3: The Environment, Reapportionment, and Criminal Law -- Introduction -- 10. Cleaning House? The Courts, the Environment, and Reapportionment -- 11. Judicial Revolution? Litigation to Reform the Criminal Law -- 12. Conclusion: The Fly-Paper Court -- Appendices -- 1. Black Children in Elementary and Secondary School with Whites: 1954-72 -- 2. Blacks at Predominantly White Public Colleges and Universities -- 3. Black Voter Registration in the Southern States: Pre- and Post-Voting Rights Act -- 4. Laws and Actions Designed to Preserve Segregation -- 5. Method for Obtaining Information for Table 4.1 and Figure 4.1 -- 6. Illegal Abortions -- 7. Method for Obtaining Information for Tables 8.1A, 8.1B, 8.2A, and 8.2B, and for Figures 8.1 and 8.2 -- Case References -- References -- Index. Gerald N. Rosenberg. Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-414) and index. n-us--- Courts United States Political questions and judicial power United States Sociological jurisprudence Civil rights United States Women's rights United States Social change 340.115 ROH 0226727025 (alk. paper) 90022391 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi053/90022391.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/90022391-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/uchi053/90022391.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0608/90022391-t.html DLC 901031 20170419180426.0 1389035