The preemptive power of state supreme courts: Adoption of abortion and death penalty legislation

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-340

  Langer, Laura ^a   Brace, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Judicial legislative relations; Legislative adoption; Morality laws; Policy adoption; Policy enactment; Policymaking process

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; POWER RELATIONS; SOCIAL POLICY;

EID: 23844527420     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2005.00118.x     Document Type: Review

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