Hard Judicial Choices: Federal District Court Judges and State and Local Officials

by Phillip J. Cooper

In controversial court cases involving civil rights, schools and housing, prison reform, and other social issues, federal district court judges are often called upon to make some of the most difficult judicial decisions. How do these cases arise? How are they prosecuted and remedies fashioned when federally protected rights are violated? How can relations between federal judges and state and local officials be improved?
This book--the first to...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195041925
• ISBN13: 9780195041927
• Release Date: March 1988
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"