The Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty (Thornton H Brooks Series in American Law and Society)

919 Pages·1992·3.09 MB·English

by  Lee Epstein

The Supreme Court and Legal Change :
Abortion and the Death Penalty Thornton
title:
H. Brooks Series in American Law and
Society
author: Epstein, Lee.; Kobylka, Joseph Fiske.
publisher: University of North Carolina Press
isbn10 | asin: 0807820512
print isbn13: 9780807820513
ebook isbn13: 9780807861295
language: English
United States.--Supreme Court, Abortion--
Law and legislation--United States, Capital
subject
punishment--United States, Political
questions and judicial power--United States.
publication date: 1992
lcc: KF8742.E67 1992eb
ddc: 344.73/0546/0269
United States.--Supreme Court, Abortion--
Law and legislation--United States, Capital
subject:
punishment--United States, Political
questions and judicial power--United States.
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THE THORNTON H. BROOKS SERIES IN AMERICAN LAW
AND SOCIETY
Page iv
The Supreme Court and Legal Change
Abortion and the Death Penalty
LEE EPSTEIN
JOSEPH F. KOBYLKA
The University of North Carolina Press
Chapel Hill and London
Page v
© 1992 The University of North Carolina Press
All rights reserved
Manufactured in the United States of America
The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and
durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book
Longevity of the Council on Library Resources.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Epstein, Lee, 1958-
The Supreme Court and legal change: abortion and the death
penalty / by Lee Epstein and Joseph F. Kobylka.
p. cm. (The Thornton H. Brooks series in American law and
society)
Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
ISBN 0-8078-2051-2 (cloth : alk. paper). ISBN 0-8078-4384-9
(pbk. : alk. paper)
1. United States. Supreme Court. 2. AbortionLaw and
legislationUnited States. 3. Capital punishmentUnited States.
4. Political questions and judicial powerUnited States.
I. Kobylka, Joseph Fiske. II. Title. III. Series.
KF8742.E67 1992
344.73´0546´0269dc20
[347.3045460269] 92-53618
CIP
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To four extraordinary teachers
LYDIA ESSLINGER
HARVEY KLEHR
LINDA MOLM AND
THOMAS WALKER
L. E.
To my parents
JOE AND
FAITH
(for usually saying yes
and occasionally saying no)
J. F. K.
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CONTENTS
Preface xiii
ONE Introduction 1
TWO The Agents of Legal Change 9
THREECapital Punishment I: The Road to Furman 34
FOUR Capital Punishment II: From Furman to McCleskey 83
FIVE Abortion I: The Road to Roe 137
SIX Abortion II: From Roe to Webster 203
SEVENThe Life of the Law: Understanding the Dynamics 299
of Legal Change
Appendix I. Profile of Capital Punishment Cases 313
Appendix 2. Profile of Abortion Cases 317
Notes 325
Table of Cases 379
References 383
Index 409
TABLES AND FIGURES
TABLES
2- Profile of the Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court, 14
1 19671990
2- From the Warren Court to the Rehnquist Court: 20
2 Support for Civil Liberties Claims
3- Status of the Death Penalty, 1840s1960s 38
1
3- Justices' Voting in Six Capital Punishment Cases, 71
2 19681970
3- Memo by Amsterdam on Preparations for Furman et al., 73
3 23 July 1971
3- Reactions of Justices Stewart and White to LDF 80
4 Arguments in Furman et al.
4- State Legislation on the Death Penalty, Pre-and Post- 86
1 Furman
4- Post-Furman Research, 19721976 92
2
4- The 1976 Death Penalty Cases 101
3
4- Arguments in the 1976 Capital Punishment Cases 104
4
4- Coalitions among Justices in the 1976 Capital 111
5 Punishment Cases
4- Capital Punishment Cases, 19761989 Terms 118
6