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Title Courting justice : ten New Jersey cases that shook the nation / Paul L. Tractenberg, editor ; foreword by Deborah T. Poritz
Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
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Description 1 online resource (xi, 268 pages)
Series Rivergate regionals
Rivergate regionals.
Contents Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. (1960) : promoting product safety by protecting consumers of defective goods / Jay M. Feinman and Caitlin Edwards -- Marini v. Ireland (1970) : protecting low-income renters by judicial shock therapy / Richard H. Chused -- Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel (1975) : establishing a right to affordable housing throughout the state by confronting the inequality demon / Robert C. Holmes -- In Re Karen Ann Quinlan (1976) : establishing a patient's right to die in dignity / Robert S. Olick and Paul W. Armstrong -- Right To Choose v. Byrne (1982) : establishing a state constitutional right to publicly funded abortions / Louis Raveson -- State v. Hunt (1982) : protecting privacy from unwarranted searches amid a national roadmap to independent state constitutional rights / Robert F. Williams -- In The Matter Of Baby M (1988) : reining in surrogate parenting and protecting a child's best interests / Suzanne A. Kim -- Lehmann v. Toys'R'Us (1993) : protecting employees from sexual harassment and a hostile work environment / Fredric Gross -- Doe v. Poritz and Megan's law (1995) : the subtle art of judicial deference to the legislature / Ronald K. Chen -- New Jersey's school funding litigation, Robinson v. Cahill and Abbott v. Burke (2011) : the epitome of the state supreme court as an independent, progressive voice in guaranteeing constitutional rights / Paul L. Tractenberg -- New Jersey's 1947 constitution and the creation of a modern state supreme court / John B. Wefing
Summary Ten cases decided between 1960 and 2011, including the Karen Ann Quinlan decision, the Baby M case, the Mount Laurel decision, Megan's Law, and the series of decisions known as Abbott/Robinson that directed state funding of poor urban schools on par with suburban districts, shed light on landmark decisions and their impact on national and global events. Different experts cover each case, providing insight into the court's approach and decision-making process
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Trials -- New Jersey
Law -- New Jersey -- Popular works
Civil rights -- New Jersey -- Popular works
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
LAW -- Court Rules.
Civil rights
Law
Trials
New Jersey
Genre/Form Popular works
Form Electronic book
Author Tractenberg, Paul L., 1938-
ISBN 9781461948728
146194872X
9780813561608
0813561604