| The People Vs.the Courts: Initiative Elites, Ballot Measures and Judicial Nullification in the American State System Contributor(s): Manweller, Mathew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1930901976 ISBN-13: 9781930901971 Publisher: Academica Press OUR PRICE: $71.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: December 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Civil Procedure |
| Dewey: 347.731 |
| LCCN: 2004012638 |
| Physical Information: 264 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This research monograph analyses and describes how initiative elites react to the high level of judicial review of their successfully passed ballot measures and why those reactions are failing to decrease the number of judicial nullifications. For the last 30 years, state ballot measures that have passed and been challenged in court have been nullified at the ration of 1 out of 2. As a result of a 50% rate of nullification initiative elites have benefited from institutional learning and have become more sophisticated and politically savvy. However the nullification have hardly plummeted. The work explains why and posits other legal and political actions that may be possible for the ballot winners and their supporters. |
