| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 316 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Summary |
Law's Allure explains how, when, and why America's reliance on legal rules and judicial decisions shapes, constrains, saves, and sometimes even kills politics. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Political questions and judicial power -- United States.
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Political questions and judicial power. |
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United States. |
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Judicial power -- United States.
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Judicial power. |
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Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects. |
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Law -- Political aspects -- United States.
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Law -- Political aspects. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Silverstein, Gordon. Law's allure. Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521896474 (DLC) 2008035825 (OCoLC)244437124 |
| ISBN |
9780511530432 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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0511530439 (electronic book ; Adobe Digital Editions) |
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9780511532207 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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0511532202 (electronic book ; Mobipocket Reader) |
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9780511650369 (electronic book) |
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0511650361 (electronic book) |
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0521896479 (cloth) |
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9780521896474 (cloth) |
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0521721083 (paper) |
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9780521721080 (paper) |
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9780511809934 (electronic book) |
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051180993X (electronic book) |
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9780521896474 (hardback) |
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9780521721080 (paperback) |
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