The Poor in Court : : The Legal Services Program and Supreme Court Decision Making / / Susan E. Lawrence.
Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of the policy-making process, Susan Lawrence examines how a change in who has access to the Court, and the nature of the institutions that structure that access, has affected its agenda setting and doctrinal development. In her analysis of cases spon...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014] ©1990 |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 |
| Edition: | Course Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (220 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- List of Tables
- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction: Access to the U.S. Supreme Court
- CHAPTER TWO. Philosophies of Legal Assistance and Access to the Courts
- CHAPTER THREE. Appealing to the Supreme Court
- CHAPTER FOUR. Getting on the Court's Decision Agenda
- CHAPTER FIVE. Decision Making in LSP Cases
- CHAPTER SIX. The LSP's Role in the Development of Law
- CHAPTER SEVEN. Conclusion: Litigants, the Court, and Democracy
- APPENDIX A: Research Methods
- APPENDIX B: LSP Review and Success Rates by Year, 1966-1974 Terms
- APPENDIX C: Review and Success Rates of Selected Groups before the Supreme Court
- APPENDIX D: LSP Cases Remanded
- APPENDIX E: Agreement Rates between Justices in LSP Cases and the Court's Entire Docket, 1966-1974 Terms
- Bibliography
- Table of Cases Cited
- Index