Motives, incentives, patterns, and process -- Why now? from may and may not--to must -- Law is different : the power of precedent -- Poverty and abortion : the risks and rewards of a judicial strategy -- Environmental regulation : a constructive pattern -- Campaign finance : a de-constructive pattern -- The separation of powers : when the Court says yes--and no -- War powers and precedent : when the Court is reluctant to intervene -- Tobacco : how law saves--and kills politics -- The promise and peril of law's allure
Summary
Law's Allure explains how, when, and why America's reliance on legal rules and judicial decisions shapes, constrains, saves, and sometimes even kills politics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-305) and index
