| Autor: |
Grossmann, Matt, Swedlow, Brendon |
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Journal of Law & Courts; Spring2015, Vol. 3 Issue 1, p1-35, 35p |
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How often, at what times, and on what issues do courts directly make policy or indirectly influence policy making by other branches of government? We assess the judicial contribution to policy change using 268 policy histories covering 14 issue areas of US domestic policy making from 1945 to 2004. Contrary to the prominent view that courts are relatively inconsequential policy-making institutions, we find that federal courts made or influenced nearly one in four significant federal policy changes. Courts directly made almost as many significant policies as the executive branch and indirectly influenced about as many significant policies in other branches as Congress. We also find that judicial policy making and influence are concentrated in a few time periods and issue areas. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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