Judicial power in a federal system : Canada, United States and Germany / Cristina M. Ruggiero.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ruggiero, Cristina M., 1972-

Series:

Law and society (New York, N.Y.)

Law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political questions and judicial power--Germany.

Political questions and judicial power.

Political questions and judicial power--Canada.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Judge-made law.

Judicial review.

Federal government--Germany.

Federal government.

Federal government--Canada.

Federal government--United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ruggiero provides a systematic evaluation of the 'interdependent nature' of judicial power within three federal systems. She seeks to answer the question: Why are some high courts more powerful than others? By integrating strategic assumptions about the behavior of courts and other political actors and by employing a comparative, historical analysis of court policy-making and legislative responses to said policy-making, Ruggiero tests and refines concepts of court influence as 'interdependent'. She finds that the influence of high courts and their decisions are shaped both by 'intrinsic' insti

Contents:

CONTENTS; List of Tables and Figure; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Interdependent Nature of Judicial Power'?; Chapter 3: Comparing 'Intrinsic' Court Features; Chapter 4: Comparing 'Extrinsic' Federal Design Features; Chapter 5: Canada; Chapter 6: United States; Chapter 7: Germany; Chapter 8: Comparing the Power of Courts in Federal Systems; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781593326081

1593326084

OCLC:

808341444