Law's allure : how law shapes, constrains, saves, and kills politics / Gordon Silverstein.

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

1st edition

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Judicial power -- United States.

Political questions and judicial power -- United States.

Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects -- United States.

Law -- Political aspects -- United States.

Part I. Law's allure : why, why now, and why it matters

1. Motives, incentives, patterns, and process

2. Why now? from may and may not - to must

3. Law is different: the power of precedent

Part II. Law's allure: patterns, process, and cautionary tales

4. Poverty and abortion: the risks and rewards of a judicial strategy

5. Environmental regulation: a constructive pattern

6. Campaign finance: a deconstructive pattern

7. The separation of powers: when the court says yes - and no

8. War powers and precedent: when the court is reluctant to intervene

Part III. Law's allure: cost and concequences

9. Tobacco: how law saves - and kills politics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780521721080

xiii, 316 p. : ill. : 23 cm