Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Henningsen v. Bloomfield Motors, Inc. (1960): Promoting Product Safety by Protecting Consumers of Defective Goods 5
6. 2. Marini v. Ireland (1970): Protecting Low-Income Renters by Judicial Shock Therapy 23
7. 3. Southern Burlington County NAACP v. Township of Mount Laurel (1975): Establishing a Right to Affordable Housing Throughout the State by Confronting the Inequality Demon 45
8. 4. In Re Karen Ann Quinlan (1976): Establishing a Patient’s Right to Die in Dignity 77
9. 5. Right to Choose v. Byrne (1982): Establishing a State Constitutional Right to Publicly Funded Abortions 95
10. 6. State v. Hunt (1982): Protecting Privacy from Unwarranted Searches amid a National Road Map to Independent State Constitutional Rights Cases 123
11. 7. In the Matter of Baby M (1988): Reining in Surrogate Parenting and Defining Children’s Best Interests 139
12. 8. Lehmann v. Toys ‘R’ Us (1993): Protecting Employees from Sexual Harassment and a Hostile Work Environment 153
13. 9. Doe v. Poritz and Megan’s Law (1995): The Subtle Art of Judicial Deference to the Legislature 175
14. 10. New Jersey’s School Funding Litigation, Robinson v. Cahill and Abbott v. Burke (2011): The Epitome of the State Supreme Court as an Independent, Progressive Voice in Guaranteeing Constitutional Rights 195
15. Conclusion: New Jersey’s 1947 Constitution and the Creation of a Modern State Supreme Court 235
16. Notes on Contributors 255
17. Index 259