Democracy By Decree
Subtitle: What Happens When Courts Run Government
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: January 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780300092721
Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Laws of Other Jurisdictions & General Law; Political science & theory; Political structures: democracy; U.S. Federal Judicial Bodies; Politics / Current Events; Law; USA; Government - Judicial Branch; Government - U.S. Government; Public Affairs & Administration; Political Science / Public Affairs & Administration; General; Courts; Democracy; Judge-made law; Judicial power; United States
First sentence: Carol Sherman, a young legal aid attorney practicing before New York City's family court in 1972, could do nothing to help her twelve-year-old client Shirley Wilder.