A trend of judicialization extends court-like procedures throughout government and society.

Evidence

A movement is going on that is bringing these issues into court, which expands the very idea of what should or can be dealt with through law and litigation, and which causes “law” to seep into nooks and corners where it never penetrated before. — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law, 389

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The social functions courts now serve will outlast the courts themselves — Lawrence M. Friedman and Grant M. Hayden, American Law: An Introduction, 1526; Formalizing law expands the judiciary into an omnipresent public service — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics: Lectures at…, 945; American courts have grown in their role governing the nation. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 90

Broader Connections

• Formalizing law expands the judiciary into an omnipresent public service #corroborates (0.85) — Michel Foucault, The Birth of Biopolitics, 945