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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewNamed an Outstanding Book by the Gustavus Meyers Center for the Study of Human Rights in North America for 1998 "Suburbs under Siege ... is both a worthy addition to the fair housing literature and a valuable study of a state supreme court."--Charles M. Lamb, The Law and Politics Book Review
Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsPrefaceIBreaking New Ground: The Role of the Courts in Social Change3IILaunching the Mount Laurel Doctrine: "Pack Up and Move to Camden!"15IIIThe View from the Mount30IVJudges into the Fray55VOf Special Masters and the Front Line72VIThe Legislature Strikes Back ...89VII... And the Judiciary Responds: Holmdel and Warren117VIIIThe New World of Judicial Remedies129IXDiscretion and Its Discontents: Checking Abuses148XLeadership in Institutional Reform: Rallying Support for a Vision161XIThe Last Recourse: Why Judges Intervene175XIINational Ramifications: Judges as Social Innovators186Notes209Acknowledgments253Picture Credits255Index257