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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780478203321

Autore

Pacelle Richard L. <1954->

Titolo

Between law & politics [[electronic resource] ] : the Solicitor General and the structuring of race, gender, and reproductive rights litigation / / Richard L. Pacelle, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2003

ISBN

1-299-05217-7

9781585448931

1-60344-701-6

1-58544-893-1

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (359 p.)

Collana

Presidency and leadership ; ; no. 14

Disciplina

342.73/0873

Soggetti

Political questions and judicial power - United States

Civil rights - United States

Race discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Sex discrimination - Law and legislation - United States

Birth control - Law and legislation - United States

Law - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-325) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Between law and politics : the role of the Solicitor General -- The Solicitor General as a strategic actor -- The Solicitor General in the litigation phase, 1945-63 -- The Solicitor General in the administrative phase, 1964-80 -- The Solicitor General in the redefinition phase, 1981-2000 -- The Solicitor General and the emergence and definition of gender and reproductive rights policy -- The Solicitor General and gender and reproductive rights policy : retrenchment and recovery -- The Solicitor General : law in a sea of politics.