Courthouse democracy and minority rights : same-sex marriage in the states /
Hume, Robert J.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
Promises, promises -- Understanding the impact of state supreme courts -- Early same-sex marriage decisions -- Massachusetts and beyond -- Policy initiation: the diffusion of same-sex marriage cases across the states -- Policy legitimation: evaluating the capacity of state courts to change public opinion -- Policy endurance: the enactment of state constitutional amendments prohibiting -- Same-sex marriage -- The promise of state courts.
Same-sex marriage
Political questions and judicial power
Constitutional law