Bringing the Courts to Heel: Substituting Legislative Policy for Judicial Discretion
18 Pages Posted: 30 May 2000
Abstract
Rather than examining the big picture of how state legislatures flex their muscles, this essay discusses a microcosm on that subject. It is a collection of war stories about a relatively narrow topic from a single state-Texas. These tales of joint custody and visitation illustrate the author's broader point that, as the twentieth century winds down, legislatures increasingly choose to regulate family law in very fine detail.
JEL Classification: K10, K19, J12, J13
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Sampson, John J., Bringing the Courts to Heel: Substituting Legislative Policy for Judicial Discretion. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=228206 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.228206
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