How policy shapes politics : rights, courts, litigation, and the struggle over injury compensation /

The 'global rise of judicial power' has been called one of the most significant developments in late twentieth and early twenty-first-century politics. In this book, Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke examine the political consequences of 'judicialization' - the growing reliance on c...

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Hauptverfasser:
Barnes, Jeb, Burke, Thomas Frederick
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Zusammenfassung:
The 'global rise of judicial power' has been called one of the most significant developments in late twentieth and early twenty-first-century politics. In this book, Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke examine the political consequences of 'judicialization' - the growing reliance on courts, rights and litigation in public policy - by analyzing the field of injury compensation, in which judicialized and bureaucratized programmes operate side-by-side.
Umfang:
1 online resource (273 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
0-19-020194-0
0-19-020193-2
Schlagworte:
Torts > United States.
Damages > United States.
Compensation (Law) > United States.
Products liability > Asbestos > United States.
Vaccines > Government policy > United States.
Personal injuries > United States.
Disability insurance > Law and legislation > United States.
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