Courthouse democracy and minority rights same-sex marriage in the states

Courthouse democracy and minority rights : same-sex marriage in the states / Robert J. Hume.

Author/creator	Hume, Robert J.
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Description	xii, 217 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Same-sex marriage--Law and legislation --United States --States. Political questions and judicial power--United States --States. Constitutional law--United States --States.

Contents	Promises, promises -- Understanding the impact of state supreme courts -- Early same-sex marriage decisions -- Massachusetts and beyond -- Policy initiation: the diffusion of same-sex marriage cases across the states -- Policy legitimation: evaluating the capacity of state courts to change public opinion -- Policy endurance: the enactment of state constitutional amendments prohibiting -- Same-sex marriage -- The promise of state courts.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-212) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2012043763
ISBN	9780199982172 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0199982171 (cloth : alk. paper)

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