I. Breaking New Ground: The Role of the Courts in Social Change

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Preface xi
5. Prologue. A NATION OF SUBURBS 1
6. I. Breaking New Ground: The Role of the Courts in Social Change 3
7. Part I. CHALLENGE AND RESPONSE
8. II. Launching the Mount Laurel Doctrine: “Pack Up and Move to Camden!” 15
9. III. The View from the Mount 30
10. IV. Judges into the Fray 55
11. V. Of Special Masters and the Front Line 72
12. PART II: AN UNEASY TRIUMPH
13. VI. The Legislature Strikes Back . . . 89
14. VII. ... And the Judiciary Responds: Holmdel and Warren 117
15. PART III: INSTITUTIONAL REFORM THROUGH THE COURTS
16. VIII. The New World of Judicial Remedies 129
17. IX. Discretion and Its Discontents: Checking Abuses 148
18. PART IV: THE LEGACY
19. X. Leadership in Institutional Reform: Rallying Support for a Vision 161
20. XI. The Last Recourse: Why Judges Intervene 175
21. XII. National Ramifications: Judges as Social Innovators 186
22. Notes 209
23. Acknowledgments 253
24. Picture Credits 255
25. Index 257