Download or read book Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights written by Robert J. Hume and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Courthouse Democracy and Minority Rights: Same-Sex Marriage in the States, Robert J. Hume shows how increasing the democratic accountability of courts has limited the ability of judges to act as reform agents. When judges are elected, or when their decisions can be easily overturned with initiative amendment procedures, they lose the capacity to stand up for the rights of the minorities.