A storm over this court : law, politics, and Supreme Court decision making in Brown v. Board of Education
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A storm over this court : law, politics, and Supreme Court decision making in Brown v. Board of Education
(Constitutionalism and democracy)
University of Virginia Press, 2013
- : cloth
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注記
Bibliography: p. [235]-249
Includes index
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内容説明
Offering a unique interpretation of the basis of Brown v. Board of Education, Jeffrey Hockett critiques an array of theories that have arisen to explain the iconic decision and Supreme Court decision making generally. Drawing upon justices' books, articles, correspondence, memoranda, and draft opinions, A Storm over This Court demonstrates that the puzzle of Brown's basis cannot be explained by any one theory.
In borrowing from the insights of numerous approaches to Supreme Court decision making, this study also reveals the inaccuracy of the popular perception that most of the justices merely acted upon a shared, liberal preference for an egalitarian society when they held that racial segregation in public education violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A majority of the justices were motivated, instead, by institutional considerations, including a recognition of the need to present a united front in such a controversial case, a sense that the Court had a significant role to play in international affairs during the Cold War, and a belief that the Court had an important mission to counter racial injustice in American politics.
A Storm over This Court reveals that the infusion of justices' personal policy preferences into the abstract language of the Constitution is not the only alternative to an originalist approach to constitutional interpretation. Ultimately, Hockett concludes that the justices' decisions in Brown resist any single, elegant explanation. To fully explain this watershed decision-and, by implication, others-it is necessary to employ a range of approaches dictated by the case in question.
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