Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government

by David Schoenbrod and Ross Sandler

Book Overview

Schools, welfare agencies, and a wide variety of other state and local institutions of vital importance to citizens are actually controlled by attorneys and judges rather than governors and mayors. In this valuable book, Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod explain how this has come to pass, why it has resulted in service to the public that is worse, not better, and what can be done to restore control of these programs to democratically elected--and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030010314X
• ISBN13: 9780300103144
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"