List of IllustrationsAbout the AuthorsPreface and Acknowledgments Chapter 1 The Role of State Supreme Courts in Creating Public Policies That Affect Political, Legal, Economic, and Social Inequality Chapter 2 The Political, Legal, Economic, and Social Inequality State Supreme Court Database Chapter 3 Do the Haves Come Out Ahead in the State High Courts? Chapter 4 The Backgrounds and Ideologies of State Supreme Court Justices Chapter 5 The Institutions Chapter 6 The Capture of State Supreme Courts by State Political Regimes Chapter 7 Accounting for the Voting Behavior of State Supreme Court Justices on Cases Pertinent to Inequality Chapter 8 When Do Courts Advance Equality? Chapter 9 State Supreme Courts and Political, Legal, Economic, and Social InequalityNotesReferencesIndex