9780521593533-0521593530-Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)

Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)

ISBN-13: 9780521593533
ISBN-10: 0521593530
Author: Edward L. Rubin, Malcolm M. Feeley
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 508 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780521593533
ISBN-10: 0521593530
Author: Edward L. Rubin, Malcolm M. Feeley
Publication date: 1998
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardcover 508 pages

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Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) (ISBN-13: 9780521593533 and ISBN-10: 0521593530), written by authors Edward L. Rubin, Malcolm M. Feeley, was published by Cambridge University Press in 1998. With an overall rating of 4.2 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons (Cambridge Studies in Criminology) (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.45.

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Between 1965 and 1990, federal judges in almost all of the states handed down sweeping rulings that affected virtually every prison and jail in the United States. Without a doubt judges were the most important prison reformers during this period. This book provides an account of this process, and uses it to explore the more general issue of the role of courts in the modern bureaucratic state. It provides detailed accounts of how the courts formulated and sought to implement their orders, and how this action affected the traditional conception of federalism, separation of powers, and the rule of law.

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