The Constitution in the courts : law or politics? / Michael J. Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Michael J., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judicial review--United States.

Judicial review.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

United States--Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a critical analysis of contemporary legal debates which surround controversies regarding the US Supreme Court.

Contents:

Contents; 1. Constitutional Adjudication: Law or Politics?; 2. The Argument for Judicial Review; 3. The Argument for the Originalist Approach to Judicial Review; 4. Originalism Does Not Entail Minimalism, I: The Indeterminacy of History; 5. Originalism Does Not Entail Minimalism, II: The Indeterminacy of Morality; 6. Skepticism about Minimalism-and about Nonminimalism, Too; 7. The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; 8. The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment, I: Equal Protection; 9. The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment, II: Substantive Due Process

10. Constitutional Adjudication: Law and PoliticsNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771873-6

1-280-52877-X

0-19-802450-9

0-19-535579-2

1-4294-0688-7

OCLC:

252596000