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Judging Inequality : State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis
Title
Judging Inequality : State Supreme Courts and the Inequality Crisis / James L. Gibson, Michael J. Nelson.
ISBN
9781610449076
9780871545039
Publication
New York, New York : Russell Sage Foundation, [2021]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2021]
Physical Description
1 online resource (378 pages).
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Summary
"This book investigates the policies made by state high courts that pertain to the seemingly inexorable rise of political, legal, economic, and social inequality in the United States, using data assembled by the authors on the equality-relevant decisions made by the state supreme courts from 1990 to 2015"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
Project MUSE complete collection 2021.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 17, 2023
Contents
The role of state supreme courts in the creation of public policies affecting the production, maintenance, and amelioration of political, legal, economic, and social inequality
The political, legal, economic, and social inequality state supreme courtdatabase
Do the haves come out ahead in the state high courts?
The backgrounds and ideologies of state supreme court justices
The institutions
The capture of state supreme courts by state political regimes
Accounting for the voting behavior ofstate
When do courts advance equality?
State supreme courts and political legal, economic, and social inequality.
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