Hume, Robert J. <br/><br/>
Courthouse democracy and minority rights :  same-sex marriage in the states / 
Robert J. Hume. 
 - xii, 217 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780199982172 0199982171 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012043763 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation--States.--United States<br/>Political questions and judicial power--States.--United States<br/>Constitutional law--States.--United States
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF539  / .H86 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.7301/68