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No Day in Court
By Staszak
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Description
No Day in Court examines the sustained efforts of political and legal actors to scale back access to the courts in the decades since it was expanded, largely in the service of the rights revolution of the 1950s and 1960s. Since that time, for political, ideological, and practical reasons, a multifaceted group of actors have attempted to diminish the role that courts play in American politics. Although the conventional narrative of backlash focuses on an increasingly conservative Supreme Court trying to gut the developments of the New Deal and Civil Rights eras, and of conservative activists mobilizing to pressure Congress to do the same, there is another very important element to this story, in which access to the courts for rights claims has been scaled back by efforts that target the 'rules of the game,' the institutional and legal procedures that govern what constitutes a valid legal case, who can be sued, how a case is adjudicated, and what remedies are available through courts. These more hidden, procedural changes are pursued by far more than just conservatives, and they often go overlooked. No Day in Court explores the politics of these strategies and the effect that they have today for access to justice in the U.S.
Product details
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
310
Release Date:
2015-01-06
Publication Date:
2019-12-05
Publisher:
ACADEMIC
Languages:
Original:
English
ISBN10:
0199399034
ISBN13:
9780199399031
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
Weight:
631 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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