Courthouse democracy and minority rights : same-sex marriage in the states /
Hume, Robert J.
Courthouse democracy and minority rights : same-sex marriage in the states / Robert J. Hume. - xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
Promises, promises -- Understanding the impact of state supreme courts -- Early same-sex marriage decisions -- Massachusetts and beyond -- Policy initiation: the diffusion of same-sex marriage cases across the states -- Policy legitimation: evaluating the capacity of state courts to change public opinion -- Policy endurance: the enactment of state constitutional amendments prohibiting -- Same-sex marriage -- The promise of state courts.
9780199982172 0199982171
2012043763
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--States.--United States
Political questions and judicial power--States.--United States
Constitutional law--States.--United States
KF539 / .H86 2013
346.7301/68
Courthouse democracy and minority rights : same-sex marriage in the states / Robert J. Hume. - xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
Promises, promises -- Understanding the impact of state supreme courts -- Early same-sex marriage decisions -- Massachusetts and beyond -- Policy initiation: the diffusion of same-sex marriage cases across the states -- Policy legitimation: evaluating the capacity of state courts to change public opinion -- Policy endurance: the enactment of state constitutional amendments prohibiting -- Same-sex marriage -- The promise of state courts.
9780199982172 0199982171
2012043763
Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--States.--United States
Political questions and judicial power--States.--United States
Constitutional law--States.--United States
KF539 / .H86 2013
346.7301/68