The Hollow Hope
by
Gerald N. Rosenberg
Contents that it's nearly impossible to generate significant reforms through litigation. The reason? American courts are ineffective and relatively weak. Illuminating the fight for same-sex marriage rights, this work presents evidence to overturn the common assumption that even unsuccessful litigation can advance a cause by raising its profile.
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In follow-up studies, dozens of reviews, and even a book of essays evaluating his conclusions, Gerald N. Rosenberg's critics - not to mention his supporters - have spent nearly two decades debating the arguments he first put forward in "The Hollow Hope". With this substantially expanded second edition of his landmark work, Rosenberg himself steps back into the fray, responding to criticism and adding chapters on the same-sex marriage battle that ask anew whether courts can spur political and social reform.Finding that the answer is still a resounding no, Rosenberg reaffirms his powerful contention that it's nearly impossible to generate significant reforms through litigation. The reason? American courts are ineffective and relatively weak - far from the uniquely powerful sources for change they're often portrayed to be. Rosenberg supports this claim by documenting the direct and secondary effects of key court decisions - particularly Brown v. Board of Education and Roe v. Wade.
He reveals, for example, that Congress, the White House, and a determined civil rights movement did far more than Brown to advance desegregation, while pro-choice activists invested too much in Roe at the expense of political mobilization. Further illuminating these cases, as well as the ongoing fight for same-sex marriage rights, Rosenberg also marshals impressive evidence to overturn the common assumption that even unsuccessful litigation can advance a cause by raising its profile.Directly addressing its critics in a new conclusion, "The Hollow Hope" promises to reignite for a new generation the national debate it sparked seventeen years ago.
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General info
Publisher & Imprint:
University of Chicago Press
Edition details
2nd Revised edition
City:
Chicago, IL
Edition:
REV
Pages:
534
More info:
height 229 mm
width 152 mm
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Age recommended:
Professional and scholarly
Subject Indexing & Classification
Dewey:(DC22) 340.115
Library of Congress Subject: Social change
Departments:
Law & society (socio-legal studies); Politics & government; Foundations of law;
Record updated at:
09 May, 2013
time:
19:07
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