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Author:

Kloppenberg, Lisa A.

Title:

Playing it safe : how the Supreme Court sidesteps hard cases and stunts the development of the law / Lisa A. Kloppenberg.

Publisher:

New York University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xi, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States.--Supreme Court--History.
Certiorari--United States--History.
Political questions and judicial power--United States--History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-301) and index.

Contents:

Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The court avoids scrutinizing "official English" mandate -- The court grapples with Congress and standing hurdles in environmental cases -- The court uses standing to discourage redress for racial wrongs -- Avoiding selected affirmative action challenges -- Coming out of the constitutional closet -- Avoiding gender equality -- The court's aggressive expansion of states' rights -- Conclusion: looking toward the future: a presumption against avoidance.

Series:

Critical America

ISBN:

9780814747407 (cloth : alk. paper)
081474740X (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)46240230

LCCN:

2001001059

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

N5UX522 -- University of Iowa Law Library (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)