Legal change : lessons from America's social movements / edited by Jennifer Weiss-Wolf and Jeanine Plant-Chirlin.
Is it necessary to first win in the court of public opinion before the court of law? Or, conversely, does litigation prompt or direct public attention? What are the risks and benefits of court rulings that are ahead of public opinion? Which has a better, longer lasting chance, a favorable legal ruli...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law,
2015.
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| Summary: | Is it necessary to first win in the court of public opinion before the court of law? Or, conversely, does litigation prompt or direct public attention? What are the risks and benefits of court rulings that are ahead of public opinion? Which has a better, longer lasting chance, a favorable legal ruling or winning in the democratic branches? Is the goal legal change ... or change? What to do when the thing you care about is the thing you cannot say out loud? Or when the public is against you? How to grapple when the issue is divisive racially or in partisan terms, but strategy suggests reaching a broader majoritarian audience? |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 182 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-175). |