The hollow hope : can courts bring about social change? /
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Author / Creator: | Rosenberg, Gerald N., author. |
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Edition: | 2nd ed. |
Imprint: | Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2008. |
Description: | xiv, 525 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | American politics and political economy American politics and political economy. |
Subject: | Courts -- United States. Political questions and judicial power -- United States. Sociological jurisprudence. Civil rights -- United States. Women's rights -- United States. Social change. Civil rights. Courts. Political questions and judicial power. Social change. Sociological jurisprudence. Women's rights. United States. |
Format: | Print Book |
Local Note: | University of Chicago Library's copy 6 is a paperback. |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6835485 |
Summary: | In follow-up studies, dozens of reviews, and even a book of essays evaluating his conclusions, Gerald Rosenberg's critics--not to mention his supporters--have spent nearly two decades debating the arguments he first put forward in The Hollow Hope . With this substantially expanded second edition of his landmark work, Rosenberg himself steps back into the fray, responding to criticism and adding chapters on the same-sex marriage battle that ask anew whether courts can spur political and social reform.<br> Finding that the answer is still a resounding no, Rosenberg reaffirms his powerful contention that it's nearly impossible to generate significant reforms through litigation. The reason? American courts are ineffective and relatively weak--far from the uniquely powerful sources for change they're often portrayed as. Rosenberg supports this claim by documenting the direct and secondary effects of key court decisions--particularly Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade . He reveals, for example, that Congress, the White House, and a determined civil rights movement did far more than Brown to advance desegregation, while pro-choice activists invested too much in Roe at the expense of political mobilization. Further illuminating these cases, as well as the ongoing fight for same-sex marriage rights, Rosenberg also marshals impressive evidence to overturn the common assumption that even unsuccessful litigation can advance a cause by raising its profile.<br> Directly addressing its critics in a new conclusion, The Hollow Hope, Second Edition promises to reignite for a new generation the national debate it sparked seventeen years ago. |
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Physical Description: | xiv, 525 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-512) and index. |
ISBN: | 0226726711 9780226726717 0226726703 9780226726700 |