Gerald N. Rosenberg
Liberals have acclaimed, and conservatives decried, reliance on courts as tools for changes. But while debate rages over whether the courts ,should, be playing such a legislative role, Gerald N. Rosenberg poses a far more fundamental questionâ€”,can, courts produce political and social reform?,Rosenberg presents, with remarkable skill, an overwhelming case that efforts to use the courts to generate significant reforms in civil rights, abortion, and women's rights were largely failures.,"The real strength of ,The Hollow Hope, . . . is its resuscitation of American Politicsâ€”the old-fashioned representative kindâ€”as a valid instrument of social change. Indeed, the flip side of Mr. Rosenberg's argument that courts don't do all that much is the refreshing view that politics in the best sense of the wordâ€”as deliberation and choice over economic and social changes, as well as over moral issuesâ€”is still the core of what makes America the great nation it is. . . . A book worth reading."â€”Gary L. McDowell, ,The Washington Times
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The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?