Silverstein, Gordon.

Law's allure : how law shapes, constrains, saves, and kills politics / Gordon Silverstein. - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xiii, 316 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-305).

Law's Allure explains how, when, and why America's reliance on legal rules and judicial decisions shapes, constrains, saves, and sometimes even kills politics.

9780521896474 (hbk.)


Political questions and judicial power--United States.
Judicial power--United States.
Justice, Administration of--Political aspects--United States.
Law--Political aspects--United States.