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Measuring judicial activism / Stefanie A. Lindquist, Frank B. Cross.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lindquist, Stefanie A., 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Supreme Court.
- United States.
- Political questions and judicial power--United States.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Judicial review--United States.
- Judicial review.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (189 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 2009
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Measuring Judicial Activism' supplies empirical analysis to the widely discussed concept of judicial activism at the United States Supreme Court. The book seeks to move beyond more subjective debates by conceptualizing activism in non-ideological terms.
- Contents:
- The political and academic debate over judicial activism
- Identifying judicial activisim
- Judicial review of federal statutes
- Judicial review of state and local laws
- Judicial review of executive branch actions
- Justiciability and judicial activism
- Overruling Supreme Court precedents
- A multidimensional view of judicial activism.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-165) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-987079-9
- 1-282-73088-6
- 9786612730887
- 0-19-970799-5
- OCLC:
- 922970020
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