The Rights Revolution - Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative Perspective

Summary

Analyzing the growth of civil rights, this text examines the high courts of the United States, Britain, Canada and India within their specific constitutional and cultural contexts, arguing that the ascendancy of civil rights and liberties has rested on the democratization of access to the courts.

Product details

• Authors: Charles R. Epp, Epp Charles R.
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.1998
• EAN: 9780226211619
• ISBN: 978-0-226-21161-9
• No. of pages: 342
• Dimensions: 16 mm x 24 mm x 3 mm
• Weight: 567 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, England, Wales, Canada, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Courts, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian, LAW / Trial Practice, India, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, United States of America, USA, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Human rights, civil rights, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), Courts & procedure, Legal systems: courts and procedures, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general