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Between Law and Politics : The Solicitor General and the Structuring of Race, Gender, and Reproductive Rights Litigation.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Joseph V. Hughes Jr. and Holly O. Hughes Series on the Presidency and LeadershipPublisher: College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (361 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781603447010
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Between Law and PoliticsDDC classification:
  • 342.73/0873
LOC classification:
  • KF8790 -- .P33 2003eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The Solicitor General and American Politics -- Chapter 1 Between Law and Politics -- Chapter 2 The Solicitor General as aStrategic Actor -- Part II The Solicitor General and Race Litigation -- Chapter 3 The Solicitor General in theLitigation Phase -- Chapter 4 The Solicitor General in theAdministrative Phase -- Chapter 5 The Solicitor General in theRedefinition Phase -- Part III The Solicitor General and Gender Discrimination and Reproductive Rights -- Chapter 6 The Solicitor General and theEmergence and Definition of Genderand Reproductive Rights Policy -- Chapter 7 The Solicitor General and Gender andReproductive Rights Policy -- Chapter 8 The Solicitor General -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index of Cases -- Index.
Summary: Using interviews with solicitors general and their staffs and analyzing Supreme Court cases, Pacelle looks at three hotly contested policy areas-race, gender, and reproductive rights-to see how the office balances the goals of the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court.
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Intro -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Part I The Solicitor General and American Politics -- Chapter 1 Between Law and Politics -- Chapter 2 The Solicitor General as aStrategic Actor -- Part II The Solicitor General and Race Litigation -- Chapter 3 The Solicitor General in theLitigation Phase -- Chapter 4 The Solicitor General in theAdministrative Phase -- Chapter 5 The Solicitor General in theRedefinition Phase -- Part III The Solicitor General and Gender Discrimination and Reproductive Rights -- Chapter 6 The Solicitor General and theEmergence and Definition of Genderand Reproductive Rights Policy -- Chapter 7 The Solicitor General and Gender andReproductive Rights Policy -- Chapter 8 The Solicitor General -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index of Cases -- Index.

Using interviews with solicitors general and their staffs and analyzing Supreme Court cases, Pacelle looks at three hotly contested policy areas-race, gender, and reproductive rights-to see how the office balances the goals of the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court.

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