Democracy by Decree What Happens When Courts Run Government

Name: Democracy by Decree What Happens When Courts Run Government
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ISBN: 9780300103144

ISBN-10: 030010314X

ISBN-13: 9780300103144

Edition: 2004

Authors: Ross Sandler, David Schoenbrod

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This valuable book explains why schools, welfare agencies, and other important state and local institutions have come to be controlled by attorneys and judges rather than by governors and mayors. The authors discuss why this has resulted in worse service to the public and what can be done to restore control of these programs to elected—and accountable—officials. “A brilliant, well-written and brave account of how federal courts have distorted our political system by taking control of complex institutions like schools and prisons—sometimes for decades—instead of enforcing rights, which is their proper domain.”—Diane Ravitch, New York University “A thought-provoking book about the…

Book details

List price: $29.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 8/11/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.85" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.682



Preface


Introduction: The Legal Hook



How Courts Came to Govern



How Congress Creates Rights: A Case Study



How Courts Enforce Rights: A Case Study



Something New Is Going On In Court



How Court Management Works



A Good Thing Gone Wrong



Why the Wrong Thing Continues



Road to Reform



New Principles


Summary and Conclusion


Appendix


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index