Background
Lawrence, Susan Elizabeth was born on October 26, 1957 in St. Louis. Daughter of M. Glenwood Lawrence and Virginia Ruth (Hofsommer) Lawrence.
( Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of th...)
Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of the policy-making process, Susan Lawrence examines how a change in who has access to the Court, and the nature of the institutions that structure that access, has affected its agenda setting and doctrinal development. In her analysis of cases sponsored by the Legal Services Program (LSP) before the Supreme Court during the 1966 through 1974 terms, she explores the effect of this agency in creating a voice for the poor in the judicial policy-making process. The Court's response to cases presented by the LSP--as exemplified in its decisions to invalidate residency requirements for welfare recipients (Shapiro v. Thompson, 1969) but uphold maximum family grants (Dandridge v. Williams, 1970)--is described as emerging from a timely combination of new litigant claims, available legal bases, and judicial values and role conceptions, all of which were shaped by the political climate of the era. Lawrence convincingly argues that litigation before the Court is a powerful method of political participation for the disadvantaged. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Lawrence, Susan Elizabeth was born on October 26, 1957 in St. Louis. Daughter of M. Glenwood Lawrence and Virginia Ruth (Hofsommer) Lawrence.
Bachelor, Furman University, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, Johns Hopkins University, 1986.
Research fellow, Brookings Institution, Washington, 1983-1985; assistant professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1985-1991; associate professor, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1991; vice chair for undergraduate studies, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, since 1997. Member New Jersey Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection, Trenton, since 1994. Member of advisory county department political science Furman U., Greenville, South Carolina., since 1995.
( Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of th...)
( Focusing on the Supreme Court as an integral part of th...)
Member American Political Science Association (law and courts secretary Executive Committee 1991-1993, Edward S. Corwin award 1986, C. Herman Pritchett award 1991), Law and Society Association (board of trustees 1993-1995).