Chapter I Getting the Job and Starting It: Politics, Ethics, Values

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Prologue—The Senate Scandal of 2009 1
6. Getting the Job and Starting It: Politics, Ethics, Values 15
7. What Counts When Legislators Decide 29
8. How Things Work 55
9. Playing by the Rules, and Changing Them 77
10. The Organized Crime Control Act 103
11. Getting into the Prisons and Drugs Business 133
12. Reforming the Rockefeller Drug Laws 173
13. Beating the Leadership, Winning in the Courts: Sex Offenders and Megan’s Law 203
14. Guns—The Struggle in the Legislature and Courts 241
15. Life in the Legislature: Politics and Lawmaking 279
16. The New York State Legislature—On Balance 307
17. Sources 333
18. Some Notable Changes in Employment 357
19. Index of Names 359
20. Subject Index 364
21. Index of Cases 373