How policy shapes politics :
Barnes, Jeb,
How policy shapes politics : rights, courts, litigation, and the struggle over injury compensation / Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Studies in postwar American political development . - Studies in postwar American political development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780190201944 (ebook) : No price
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.
KF1250 / .B37 2014
346.7303
How policy shapes politics : rights, courts, litigation, and the struggle over injury compensation / Jeb Barnes and Thomas F. Burke. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - Studies in postwar American political development . - Studies in postwar American political development. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9780190201944 (ebook) : No price
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.
KF1250 / .B37 2014
346.7303