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Between 1965 And 1990, Federal Judges In Almost All Of The States Handed Down Sweeping Rulings Affecting Virtually Every Prison And Jail In The United States. Without A Doubt Judges Were The Most Important Prison Reformers During This Period. Malcolm M. Feeley And Edward L. Rubin Provide An Account Of This Process, And Use It To Explore The More General Issue Of The Role Of Courts In The Modern Bureaucratic State. In Doing So, They Provide Detailed Accounts Of How The Courts Formulated And Sought To Implement Their Orders, And How This Action Affected The Traditional Conceptions Of Federalism, Separation Of Powers, And The Rule Of Law.--book Jacket. The Case Of Judicial Prison Reform -- The Theory Of Judicial Policy Making. Malcolm M. Feeley, Edward L. Rubin. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 389-476) And Indexes.

Author

Feeley, Malcolm M., Rubin, Edward L.

Publisher

Cambridge, U.K. ; New York: Cambridge University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780521593533

Subjects

Law