TY - BOOK AU - Hume,Robert J. TI - Courthouse democracy and minority rights: same-sex marriage in the states SN - 9780199982394 AV - KF539 .C687 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Oxford PB - Oxford University Press KW - Same-sex marriage KW - Law and legislation KW - United States KW - States KW - Political questions and judicial power KW - Constitutional law KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Promises, promises --; Understanding the impact of state supreme courts --; Early same-sex marriage decisions --; Massachusetts and beyond --; Policy initiation : the diffusion of same-sex marriage cases across the states --; Policy legitimation : evaluating the capacity of state courts to change public opinion --; Policy endurance : the enactment of state constitutional amendments prohibiting same-sex marriage --; The promise of state courts; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=603948&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -