Isolating Policymaking in the Domestic Violence Decision-Making in the U.S. State Courts of Last Resort

• In Event: Law and Social Change

Brief Overview

Using WESTLAW NEXT we identified over 1,000 cases from 1965 to 2015 where a state supreme court dealt with domestic violence. We analyze case characteristics we believe indicate that a state supreme court decision constitutes policymaking.

Authors

• Andrea Barrick, Radford University

• John C. Kilwein, West Virginia University