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First among Friends: Interest Groups, the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Right to Privacy
In the last several decades, there has been an explosion in the number of amici curiae, or friend of the Court, briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Author(s) | By Suzanne U. Samuels. |
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Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
Format | Hardback |
Pages | 300 |
Published in | United States |
Published | 1 Aug 2004 |
Availability | Not yet available |
In the last several decades, there has been an explosion in the number of amici curiae, or friend of the Court, briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Foreword by Nadine Strossen Introduction: Decision-Making in the U.S. Supreme Court The Right to Privacy Created: Poe v. Ullman and Groswold v. Connecticut Amici Curiae and the Abortion Debate Amici Curiae and Assistance in Dying Amici Curiae and Pro
SUZANNE U. SAMUELS is Associate Professor of Political Science at Seton Hall University. She has written widely in the area of law, politics and society, and is keenly interested in the interplay of law and social and political institutions.