Legal change : lessons from America's social movements /

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Other Authors: Weiss-Wolf, Jennifer (Editor), Plant-Chirlin, Jeanine (Editor)
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: New York, New York : Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law, [2015]
Series:Brennan Center for Justice publications at NYU School of Law.
Gun regulation and legislation in America.
Civil rights and social justice.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / Michael Waldman
  • A note from the founding legal director / Burt Neuborne
  • Shaping the voting rights narrative / Wendy Weiser
  • The Supreme Court follows public opinion / Cass R. Sunstein
  • The improbable victory of marriage equality / John F. Kowal
  • How can we end capital punishment? / Diann Rust-Tierney
  • The road to Heller / Michael Waldman
  • The paths to change in environmental law / Richard Ayres, Mitchell Bernard, Frederick A. O. ("Fritz") Schwarz, Jr.
  • The unlikely allies behind criminal justice reform / Marc Levin, Inimai Chettiar
  • The New York State playbook for reform / Lawrence Norden, Ian Vandewalker
  • Policing the police / Faiza Patel
  • Does the civil rights movement model still work? / Nicole M. Austin-Hillery
  • A voting rights act for reproductive rights? / Nancy Northup
  • How philanthropy builds infrastructure / Gara LaMarche
  • A 21st century model for change? / Keesha Gaskins
  • How does legal change happen? : perspectives from the academy / Michael Waldman, Barry Friedman, Helen Hershkoff, Kenji Yoshino.