BARBARA M. YARNOLD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Florida International University. She is the editor of The Role of Religious Organizations in Social Movements (Praeger, 1991) and author of International Fugitives: A New Role for the International Court of Justice (Praeger, 1991), Refugees Without Refuge (1990), and numerous articles on public law.

• Preface Introduction Political versus Contextual Variables--or Do Law and Facts Count? Why Judges Are Not Constrained by Laws and Facts When Do Political Factors Affect Judicial Decision Making? Contextual Variables: Region Judicial versus Administrative Decision Making Comparing Judicial and Administrative Decision Making A Synthesis and a General Model New Approaches: Combining Public Law with Pluralism and Theories about Social Movements Social Movements and Public Interest Litigation Groups Bibliography Index

BARBARA M. YARNOLD is Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Administration at Florida International University. She is the editor of The Role of Religious Organizations in Social Movements (Praeger, 1991) and author of International Fugitives: A New Role for the International Court of Justice (Praeger, 1991), Refugees Without Refuge (1990), and numerous articles on public law.

• Preface Introduction Political versus Contextual Variables--or Do Law and Facts Count? Why Judges Are Not Constrained by Laws and Facts When Do Political Factors Affect Judicial Decision Making? Contextual Variables: Region Judicial versus Administrative Decision Making Comparing Judicial and Administrative Decision Making A Synthesis and a General Model New Approaches: Combining Public Law with Pluralism and Theories about Social Movements Social Movements and Public Interest Litigation Groups Bibliography Index