Law's allure : how law shapes, constrains, saves, and kills politics /
Silverstein, Gordon.
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press,
2009.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305) and index.
Motives, incentives, patterns, and process -- Why now? from may and may not--to must -- Law is different : the power of precedent -- Poverty and abortion : the risks and rewards of a judicial strategy -- Environmental regulation : a constructive pattern -- Campaign finance : a de-constructive pattern -- The separation of powers : when the Court says yes--and no -- War powers and precedent : when the Court is reluctant to intervene -- Tobacco : how law saves--and kills politics -- The promise and peril of law's allure.
Political questions and judicial power
Judicial power
Justice, Administration of
Law