Download This PaperLegal Functionalism and Social Change: A Reassessment of Rosenberg's The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?
Journal of Law & Politics, Vol. 12, No. 63, 1998
29 Pages Posted: 26 Mar 2010
Date Written: 1998
Abstract
Reviews Rosenberg's book and concludes that it systematically underestimates the significance of Brown and other decisions in bringing about social change.
Keywords: Constitutional law, democracy, republican government, social science, legal change, Brown v. Board, Roe v. Wade
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Schultz, David and Gottlieb, Stephen E., Legal Functionalism and Social Change: A Reassessment of Rosenberg's The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change? (1998). Journal of Law & Politics, Vol. 12, No. 63, 1998, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1576686
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