Dialogue among state supreme courts : advancing state constitutionalism / Mark W. Denniston.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denniston, Mark W., 1975- author.

Series:

Law and Society

Law and Society : Recent Scholarship

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States--States--Cases.

Constitutional law.

Courts of last resort--United States--States.

Courts of last resort.

Judicial process--United States--States.

Judicial process.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

El Paso, Texas : LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

State supreme courts use state constitutional provisions to afford their citizens state constitutional rights beyond the protections that the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the U.S. Constitution to require. As state supreme courts consider expanding state constitutional rights they engage in an ongoing dialogue with their sister state supreme courts. Results indicate this dialogue amongst state supreme courts influences decisions interpreting state constitutional rights. Denniston demonstrates through analysis of state supreme court decisions and interviews with state supreme court justice

Contents:

Describing dialogue

Ohio case study

Developing a nine state research design

Reporting the empirical results

Sister state dialogue and the good faith exception

Interviews with state supreme court justices

Challenges and future research.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781593327927

1593327927

OCLC:

892910414