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Informationen zum Autor Robert J. Hume is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Fordham University, with degrees from the College of the Holy Cross (B.A.) and the University of Virginia (M.A., Ph.D.). His research interests are in the areas of constitutional law and judicial policy development, with particular emphasis on the impact of court decisions. His first book, How Courts Impact Federal Administrative Behavior (2009), won the 2010 Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award in Professional Studies. He has also published in American Politics Research, the Law & Society Review, the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Justice System Journal, and Publius. Klappentext In Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights: Same-Sex Marriage in the States! Robert J. Hume shows how increasing the democratic accountability of courts has limited the ability of judges to act as reform agents. When judges are elected! or when their decisions can be easily overturned with initiative amendment procedures! they lose the capacity to stand up for the rights of the minorities. "With lots of footnotes, plenty of charts and graphs, and the expected numbers-crunching, Courtroom Democracy and Minority Rights is clearly intended for fellow academics, grad students, and senior political science majors. However, a general reader can learn plenty from the book." -- Blake Maddux, DigBoston.com Zusammenfassung In Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights: Same-Sex Marriage in the States, Robert J. Hume shows how increasing the democratic accountability of courts has limited the ability of judges to act as reform agents. When judges are elected, or when their decisions can be easily overturned with initiative amendment procedures, they lose the capacity to stand up for the rights of the minorities. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part One: Introduction; Chapter 1: Promises! Promises; Chapter 2: Understanding the Impact of State Supreme Courts; Part Two: The Legal Context; Chapter 3: Early Same-Sex Marriage Decisions; Chapter 4: Massachusetts and Beyond; Part Three: An Analysis of State Judicial Impact; Chapter 5: Policy Initiation: The Diffusion of Same-Sex Marriage; Cases Across the States; Chapter 6: Policy Legitimation: Evaluating the Capacity of State; Courts to Change Public Opinion; Chapter 7: Policy Endurance: The Enactment of State Constitutional; Amendments Prohibiting Same-Sex Marriage; Chapter 8: The Promise of State Courts; Works Cited ...
