Hollow hope can courts bring about social change?

Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-512) and index.

The dynamic and the constrained court -- Bound for glory: Brown and the civil rights revolution -- Constraints, conditions, and the courts -- Planting the seeds of progress -- The current of history -- Transforming women's lives: the courts and abortion -- Liberating women: the courts and women's rights -- The court as catalyst -- The tide of history -- Cleaning house: the courts, the environment, and reapportionment -- Judicial revolution: litigation to reform the criminal law -- You've got that loving feeling: the litigation campaign for same-sex marriage -- Confusing rights with reality: litigation for same-sex marriage and the counter-mobilization of law -- Conclusion: the fly-paper court.