Pressure Through Law

by Carol Harlow and Richard Rawlings

Book Overview

Group litigation has been recognised by political scientists in the States as a useful method of gaining ground and attracting publicity for pressure groups since the turn of the century. In Britain however, recognition that the courts fill such a role has come more slowly. Despite this lack of recognition, pressure through law is far from a modern phenomenon. As the authors show, such cases can be identified in Britain as early as 1749 when abolitionists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415015499
• ISBN13: 9780415015493
• Release Date: October 1992
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"