Law, society & politics : a critical analysis of U.S. Supreme Court power in the political & legal process / Marvin L. Astrada.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Astrada, Marvin L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts of last resort--United States.

Courts of last resort.

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Other Title:

Law, society and politics

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2021.

System Details:

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Summary:

This book explores critical questions pertaining to the character and content of the American People as posited in the US Supreme Court's interpretation of the fundamental law. What exactly is an American? Who or what comprise the People? What are the constitutive sociocultural, political, and economic ordering principles of the American People and society? How does the Court impact the nationalist character and content of law and policy? From a sociocultural, economic, political, and ideological perspective, the Court's singular proclamations as to what the US Constitution means, what is its purpose, and how it is to be perceived and implemented have profound consequences for representational politics and notions of what exactly constitutes the American polity. This book employs a critical, conceptual, and structural approach, critically examining the notion of the People in constitutional discourse, and its impact on government, politics, law, and society in the present. Marvin L. Astrada is a Lecturer in the Politics & History Department at New York University in Washington D.C., USA.

Contents:

1. Introduction: Step 1 - Backgrounder for an Exercise in Disaggregation

2. Step 2 - Illuminating Court Power Through Disaggregation: Elitism, Power, Process, Discourse & Representation

3. Step 3 - The People as Politics, Discursive & Legal Construct: Who/What are "We The People?"

4. Step 4 - The People, Process, Law & Court Power

5. Step 5 - Concluding Thoughts: Truth, the People, Court Power & Representative Politics.

Notes:

Includes index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed June 9, 2021).

ISBN:

9783030667146

3030667146

OCLC:

1253354332