Respecting State Courts

"Solimine and Walker make a strong but nuanced argument for the benefits of a legal system in which state courts play a powerful role, an argument that is richly documented and that draws upon their own empirical research."-Lawrence Baum Professor Political Science Department Ohio State University "This volume combines empirical analysis with trenchant observation and an encyclopedic knowledge of the literature on state courts to provide an account that is altogether persuasive. It belongs on the bookshelf of every student of the American judicial system."-G. Alan Tarr Director, Center for State Constitutional Studies Professor, Department of Political Science Rutgers University ?RESPECTING STATE COURTS, as an exhaustive enumeration of arguments in the debate over judicial federalism, is essential reading for anyone concerned about the viability or disireability of our dual court system.?-The Law and Politics Book Review ?The authors are well qualified to prepare this series of essays on state courts and contemporary federalism....The book contains an outstanding bibliography and is well indexed.?-Choice "The authors are well qualified to prepare this series of essays on state courts and contemporary federalism....The book contains an outstanding bibliography and is well indexed."-Choice "RESPECTING STATE COURTS, as an exhaustive enumeration of arguments in the debate over judicial federalism, is essential reading for anyone concerned about the viability or disireability of our dual court system."-The Law and Politics Book Review

MICHAEL E. SOLIMINE is Donald P. Klekamp Professor of Law, University of Cincinnati College of Law./e Professor Solimine clerked for a U.S. District Judge and was a litigation associate in a law firm prior to joining the College of Law in 1987. JAMES L. WALKER is Professor of Political Science Wright State University./e His teaching and publications are in the areas of constitutional law and civil liberties.

Preface The Once and Future Federalism Rights and Judicial Federalism Beyond Paradigms: State Court Adjudication of Federal Rights Judicial Federalism, Civil Law, and the New Forum Shopping Federalism, Liberty, and State Constitutional Law Special Problems for Judicial Federalism: Race, the Death Penalty, and Habeas Corpus Judicial Federalism: Power, Ideology, and Community Bibliography Index