| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 217 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
In Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights: Same-Sex Marriage in the States, Robert J. Hume examines how the democratization of state courts and state constitutional systems has influenced the capacity of judges to protect minority rights. Through an intensive examination of same-sex marriage policy, Hume shows that democratic innovations like judicial elections and initiative amendment procedures have conditioned the impact of judges on state marriage laws. Using a combination of original and publicly available data, Hume demonstrates that ""courthouse democracy"" has influenced the behavior. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation -- United States -- States.
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Same-sex marriage -- Law and legislation. |
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United States. |
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Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- States.
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Political questions and judicial power. |
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Constitutional law -- United States -- States.
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Constitutional law. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Same-sex marriage. |
| Added Title |
Same-sex marriage in the states |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Hume, Robert J. Courthouse democracy and minority rights. Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2013] 9780199982172 (DLC) 2012043763 (OCoLC)815044322 |
| ISBN |
9780199982394 (electronic book) |
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0199982392 (electronic book) |
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9780199982172 |
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0199982171 |
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