Courts, corrections, and the Constitution  the impact of judicial intervention on prisons and jails 
edited by John J. DiIulio, Jr. 
 - New York  Oxford University Press  1992, c1990. 
 - xii, 338 p.  21 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: Enhancing judicial capacity / John J. DiIulio, Jr. -- The impact of judicial intervention on prisons and jails: a framework for analysis and a review of the literature / Malcolm M. Feeley and Roger A. Hanson -- The three faces of Ruiz / John DiIulio, Jr. -- The old regime and the Ruiz revolution: the impact of judicial intervention on Texas prisons / John J. DiIulio, Jr. -- Ruiz: a struggle over legitimacy / Sheldon Ekland-Olson and Steve J. Martin -- Ruiz: intervention and emergent order in Texas prisons / Ben M. Crouch and James W. Marquart -- Politics and constitutional interpretation in prison reform litigation: the case of Guthrie v. Evans / Bradley S. Chilton and Susette M. Talarico. When intervention works: Judge Morris E. Lasker and New York City jails / Ted S. Storey -- The rule of law, disciplinary practices, and Rahway State Prison: a case study in judicial intervention and social control / Edward E. Rhine -- Crain: nonreformist prison reform / Bert Useem -- Judicial appointment and judicial intervention: the issuance of structural reform decrees in correctional litigation / Robert C. Bradley -- Courts, corrections, and the constitution: a practitioner's view / Clair A. Cripe -- Conclusion: What judges can do to improve prisons and jails / John J. DiIulio, Jr. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0195079051 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Prisons--Law and legislation--United States.<br/>Judicial process--United States.<br/>Correctional law--United States.