The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative PerspectiveUniversity of Chicago Press, 14 mai 2020 - 342 pagini It is well known that the scope of individual rights has expanded dramatically in the United States over the last half-century. Less well known is that other countries have experienced "rights revolutions" as well. Charles R. Epp argues that, far from being the fruit of an activist judiciary, the ascendancy of civil rights and liberties has rested on the democratization of access to the courts—the influence of advocacy groups, the establishment of governmental enforcement agencies, the growth of financial and legal resources for ordinary citizens, and the strategic planning of grass roots organizations. In other words, the shift in the rights of individuals is best understood as a "bottom up," rather than a "top down," phenomenon. The Rights Revolution is the first comprehensive and comparative analysis of the growth of civil rights, examining the high courts of the United States, Britain, Canada, and India within their specific constitutional and cultural contexts. It brilliantly revises our understanding of the relationship between courts and social change. |
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... Legal Expenditures of the Equal Opportunities Commission 152 Figure 10.1 Issue Agenda of the Canadian Supreme Court 172 Figure 10.2 Exercise of Judicial Review by the Canadian Supreme Court 173 Figure 10.3 Non - Charter Rights Decisions ...
... Legal Expenditures of the Equal Opportunities Commission 152 Figure 10.1 Issue Agenda of the Canadian Supreme Court 172 Figure 10.2 Exercise of Judicial Review by the Canadian Supreme Court 173 Figure 10.3 Non - Charter Rights Decisions ...
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... Lawyer Population Figure 10.11 Number of Cases Citing the Canadian Bill of Rights or the Charter in the First Decade of Each 185 188 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A comparative project of this scope depends on the Tables and Figures xi.
... Lawyer Population Figure 10.11 Number of Cases Citing the Canadian Bill of Rights or the Charter in the First Decade of Each 185 188 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A comparative project of this scope depends on the Tables and Figures xi.
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... Rights Matter ? The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , " American Po- litical Science Review 90 : 765–79 ( 1996 ) , into chapters 9 and 10 . In the end , though , I am especially indebted to my wife , Lora Jost , for her support ...
... Rights Matter ? The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms , " American Po- litical Science Review 90 : 765–79 ( 1996 ) , into chapters 9 and 10 . In the end , though , I am especially indebted to my wife , Lora Jost , for her support ...
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... rights as significant influences on judicial policies . ( The term " entrenched bill of rights , " though not common in the ... Charter of Rights and Freedoms focused in large part on the desirability of authorizing judges to re- view ...
... rights as significant influences on judicial policies . ( The term " entrenched bill of rights , " though not common in the ... Charter of Rights and Freedoms focused in large part on the desirability of authorizing judges to re- view ...
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Standard Explanations for the Rights Revolution | 26 |
4 The Support Structure and the US Rights Revolution | 44 |
An Ideal Environment for a Rights Revolution? | 71 |
6 Indias Weak Rights Revolution and Its Handicap | 90 |
An Inhospitable Environment for a Rights Revolution? | 111 |
8 Britains Modest Rights Revolution and Its Sources | 132 |
A Great Experiment in Constitutional Engineering | 156 |
10 Canadas Dramatic Rights Revolution and Its Sources | 171 |
Constitutionalism Judicial Power and Rights | 197 |
Selected Constitutional or QuasiConstitutional Rights Provisions for the United States India Britain and Canada | 207 |
Notes | 225 |
Bibliography | 281 |
Index | 307 |
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The Rights Revolution: Lawyers, Activists, and Supreme Courts in Comparative ... Charles R. Epp Previzualizare limitată - 1998 |
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