Respecting State Courts The Inevitability of Judicial Federalism

Subjects:

• Law » Constitutional Law
• Political Science » Political Philosophy

Reviews:

• The authors are well qualified to prepare this series of essays on state courts and contemporary federalism....The book contains an outstanding bibliography and is well indexed.
  —Choice
• RESPECTING STATE COURTS, as an exhaustive enumeration of arguments in the debate over judicial federalism, is essential reading for anyone concerned about the viability or disireability of our dual court system.
  —The Law and Politics Book Review

• Endorsement From G. Alan Tarr
  Director, Center for State Constitutional Studies
  Professor, Department of Political Science
  Rutgers University: This volume combines empirical analysis with trenchant observation and an encyclopedic knowledge of the literature on state courts to provide an account that is altogether persuasive. It belongs on the bookshelf of every student of the American judicial system.
• Endorsement From Lawrence Baum
  Professor
  Political Science Department
  Ohio State University: Solimine and Walker make a strong but nuanced argument for the benefits of a legal system in which state courts play a powerful role, an argument that is richly documented and that draws upon their own empirical research.

Table of Contents:

• Preface
• The Once and Future Federalism
• Rights and Judicial Federalism
• Beyond Paradigms: State Court Adjudication of Federal Rights
• Judicial Federalism, Civil Law, and the New Forum Shopping
• Federalism, Liberty, and State Constitutional Law
• Special Problems for Judicial Federalism: Race, the Death Penalty, and Habeas Corpus
• Judicial Federalism: Power, Ideology, and Community
• Bibliography
• Index