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The U.S. Supreme Court and new federalism : from the Rehnquist to the Roberts court / Christopher P. Banks and John C. Blakeman.

Van Pelt Library KF4600 .B36 2012
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Banks, Christopher P.
Contributor:
Blakeman, John C., 1966-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Federal government--United States.
Federal government.
Philosophy.
United States.
Federal government--United States--Philosophy.
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional law.
Conservatism--United States.
Conservatism.
United States. Supreme Court.
Physical Description:
xiii, 348 pages ; 22 cm
Place of Publication:
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2012]
Summary:
Constitutional scholars Christopher P. Banks and John C. Blakeman offer the most current (and also the first book-length) study of the U.S. Supreme Court's "new federalism," which was begun by the Rehnquist Court and is now flourishing under Chief Justice John Roberts. Using descriptive and empirical methods in political science and legal scholarship, and informed by diverse approaches to judicial ideology, from historical to new institutionalist, the authors investigate how U.S. Supreme Court rulings have shaped the political principle of federalism. While the Rehnquist Court reinvigorated new federalism by protecting state sovereignty and setting new constitutional limits on federal power, Banks and Blakeman show that in the Roberts Court new federalism continues to evolve in a docket increasingly attentive to statutory construction, preemption, and business litigation. In addition, they analyze areas of federalism not normally studied by scholars, such as religious liberty and foreign affairs. Book jacket.
Contents:
A notably conservative court?
Federalism politics & policies
old, new, and progressive trends
The Rehnquist court, new federalism, and states' rights
Federalism, Justice Clarence Thomas, and religious freedom in the states
Federalism and globalization
The Roberts court and new federalism.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9780742535046
0742535045
9781442218581
1442218584
OCLC:
788295025

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