Stephen B. Burbank is David Berger Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the author of numerous articles drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and served as Chair of the Board of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Burbank was a member of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal and a principal author of its report. Sean Farhang is Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Litigation State: Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the US (2010), which received the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book in the field of US national policy, as well as the C. Herman Pritchett award from the American Political Science Association for the best book on law and courts.

'Rights and Retrenchment is a masterwork. Drawing on their path-breaking empirical research, Burbank and Farhang provide a revelatory analysis … This book is truly essential reading not only for political scientists and legal scholars but for anyone concerned about the future of the American regulatory state.' Robert A. Kagan, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Law, University of California, Berkeley

• 1. Retrenching rights in institutional context: constraints and opportunities; 2. The legislative counterrevolution: emergence, growth, and disappointment; 3. The rulemaking counterrevolution: birth, reaction, and struggle; 4. The counterrevolution in the Supreme Court: succeeding; 5. The subterranean counterrevolution: the Supreme Court, the media, and public opinion; 6. Rights, retrenchment, and democratic governance.

Stephen B. Burbank is David Berger Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the author of numerous articles drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and served as Chair of the Board of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Burbank was a member of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal and a principal author of its report. Sean Farhang is Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Litigation State: Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the US (2010), which received the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book in the field of US national policy, as well as the C. Herman Pritchett award from the American Political Science Association for the best book on law and courts.

'Rights and Retrenchment is a masterwork. Drawing on their path-breaking empirical research, Burbank and Farhang provide a revelatory analysis … This book is truly essential reading not only for political scientists and legal scholars but for anyone concerned about the future of the American regulatory state.' Robert A. Kagan, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Law, University of California, Berkeley

• 1. Retrenching rights in institutional context: constraints and opportunities; 2. The legislative counterrevolution: emergence, growth, and disappointment; 3. The rulemaking counterrevolution: birth, reaction, and struggle; 4. The counterrevolution in the Supreme Court: succeeding; 5. The subterranean counterrevolution: the Supreme Court, the media, and public opinion; 6. Rights, retrenchment, and democratic governance.

Stephen B. Burbank is David Berger Professor at the University of Pennsylvania Law School. He is the author of numerous articles drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives and served as Chair of the Board of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Burbank was a member of the National Commission on Judicial Discipline and Removal and a principal author of its report. Sean Farhang is Professor of Law and Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of The Litigation State: Public Regulation and Private Lawsuits in the US (2010), which received the Gladys M. Kammerer Award from the American Political Science Association for the best book in the field of US national policy, as well as the C. Herman Pritchett award from the American Political Science Association for the best book on law and courts.

'Rights and Retrenchment is a masterwork. Drawing on their path-breaking empirical research, Burbank and Farhang provide a revelatory analysis … This book is truly essential reading not only for political scientists and legal scholars but for anyone concerned about the future of the American regulatory state.' Robert A. Kagan, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Law, University of California, Berkeley

• 1. Retrenching rights in institutional context: constraints and opportunities; 2. The legislative counterrevolution: emergence, growth, and disappointment; 3. The rulemaking counterrevolution: birth, reaction, and struggle; 4. The counterrevolution in the Supreme Court: succeeding; 5. The subterranean counterrevolution: the Supreme Court, the media, and public opinion; 6. Rights, retrenchment, and democratic governance.