The Hollow Hope: Can Courts Bring About Social Change?

Presents a powerful argument for the limitations of judicial action to support significant social reform—now updated with new data and analysis.

Since its first publication in 1991, The Hollow Hope has spurred debate and challenged assumptions on both the left and the right about the ability of courts to bring about durable political and social change. What Gerald N. Rosenberg argued then, and what he confirms today through new evidence in this edition, is that it is nearly impossible to g...