Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State : How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons Paperback / softback
by Malcolm M. (University of California, Berkeley) Feeley, Edward L. (University of California, Berkeley) Rubin
Part of the Cambridge Studies in Criminology series
Paperback / softback
Description
Between 1965 and 1990, federal judges in almost all of the states handed down sweeping rulings that affected virtually every prison and jail in the United States.
Without a doubt judges were the most important prison reformers during this period.
This book provides an account of this process, and uses it to explore the more general issue of the role of courts in the modern bureaucratic state.
In doing so, it provides detailed accounts of how the courts formulated and sought to implement their orders, and how this action affected the traditional conception of federalism, separation of powers, and the rule of law.
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:508 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/03/2000
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- ISBN:9780521777346
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Out of stock
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:508 pages, Worked examples or Exercises
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:28/03/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521777346
