Judicial Policy Making and the Modern State: How the Courts Reformed America's Prisons

by Malcolm M. Feeley and Edward L. Rubin

Book Overview

Between 1965 and 1990, federal judges in almost all of the states handed down sweeping rulings that affected virtually every prison and jail in the United States. Without a doubt judges were the most important prison reformers during this period. This book provides an account of this process, and uses it to explore the more general issue of the role of courts in the modern bureaucratic state. In doing so, it provides detailed accounts of how the courts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521777348
• ISBN13: 9780521777346
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 508 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"