It is well known that the scope of individual rights has expanded
dramatically in the United States over the last half-century. Less
well known is that other countries have experienced "rights
revolutions" as well. Charles R. Epp argues that, far from being the
fruit of an activist judiciary, the ascendancy of civil rights and
liberties has rested on the democratization of access to the
courts—the influence of advocacy groups, the establishment of
governmental enforcement agencies, the growth of financial and legal
resources for ordinary citizens, and the strategic planning of grass
roots organizations. In other words, the shift in the rights of
individuals is best understood as a "bottom up," rather than a "top
down," phenomenon. The Rights Revolution is the first comprehensive
and comparative analysis of the growth of civil rights, examining the
high courts of the United States, Britain, Canada, and India within
their specific constitutional and cultural contexts. It brilliantly
revises our understanding of the relationship between courts and
social change.
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ISBN
9780226772424
Publisert
2020
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University of Chicago Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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