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OverviewIn Suburbs under Siege Charles Haar argues passionately that all people--rich or poor, black or white--have a constitutional right to live in the suburbs and that a socially responsible judiciary should vigorously uphold that right. For various reasons, American courts have generally failed to question local zoning regulations that trap the urban poor in the squalor of inner cities, away from decent housing and jobs in the suburbs. No U.S. Supreme Court case, for instance, has confronted exclusionary zoning rules, as Brown v. Board of Education once attacked school segregation. Instead, judges at all levels have most often reinforced the residential segregation that may well destroy American society. In this provocative book on the landmark Mount Laurel cases, Haar shows how the N.J. state judiciary broke out of this pattern of judicial behavior. These courageous, innovative judges attracted nationwide attention by challenging the forces of affluence that ruled the suburbs (and the legislature) of their state. Furthermore, they based their reasoning on the N.J. state constitution in order to protect their rulings from invalidation by the U.S. Supreme Court.In the early 1970s, when the cases began, the plaintiffs, Ethel Lawrence and her daughter Thomasene, were barely making ends meet in the Philadelphia suburb of Mount Laurel, a town where their African-American ancestors had lived for seven generations. The Lawrences' dream was to live in a Mount Laurel garden apartment planned by a grassroots reform group as affordable housing: in their way stood a typical minimum acreage zoning ordinance. The eventual court victory of the Lawrences and their young public interest attorneys inspired other N.J. suits and a process of remediation that continues to this day, as judges, experts (special masters), the state legislature, and other citizens work to carry out the Mount Laurel principles. Haar's book is a bold attack on conventional doctrines of the separation of powers limitations on the judicial branch and a plea that judges across the country assume their proper responsibilities for fair housing before it is too late. Originally published in 1996. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles M. HaarPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press Volume: 328 Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780691634548ISBN 10: 0691634548 Pages: 282 Publication Date: 19 April 2016 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Language: English Table of Contents"List of IllustrationsPrefaceIBreaking New Ground: The Role of the Courts in Social Change3IILaunching the Mount Laurel Doctrine: ""Pack Up and Move to Camden!""15IIIThe View from the Mount30IVJudges into the Fray55VOf Special Masters and the Front Line72VIThe Legislature Strikes Back ...89VII... And the Judiciary Responds: Holmdel and Warren117VIIIThe New World of Judicial Remedies129IXDiscretion and Its Discontents: Checking Abuses148XLeadership in Institutional Reform: Rallying Support for a Vision161XIThe Last Recourse: Why Judges Intervene175XIINational Ramifications: Judges as Social Innovators186Notes209Acknowledgments253Picture Credits255Index257"ReviewsSuburbs under Siege ... is both a worthy addition to the fair housing literature and a valuable study of a state supreme court. --Charles M. Lamb, The Law and Politics Book Review Named an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America for 1998 Named an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America for 1998 Suburbs under Siege ... is both a worthy addition to the fair housing literature and a valuable study of a state supreme court. --Charles M. Lamb, The Law and Politics Book Review "Named an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America for 1998 ""Suburbs under Siege ... is both a worthy addition to the fair housing literature and a valuable study of a state supreme court.""--Charles M. Lamb, The Law and Politics Book Review" Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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