Constitutional inquiries : the doctrine of constitutional avoidance and the political question doctrine / edited by Kelly R. Doyle.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Doyle, Kelly R., editor.

Series:

Government procedures and operations.

Government Procedures and Operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--United States.

Constitutional law.

Judicial review--United States.

Judicial review.

Political questions and judicial power--United States.

Political questions and judicial power.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (92 p.)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Article III of the Constitution established the judicial branch of the United States, consisting of the Supreme Court and of any ""inferior Courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish.... "" To staff such courts, the Constitution empowered life-tenured and salary-protected judges to adjudicate certain ""cases"" or ""controversies,"" including cases arising under the Constitution. The Supreme Court, in Marbury v. Madison, held that the judicial power to interpret the Constitution necessarily includes the power of judicial review-that is, the power to countermand the decisi

Contents:

CONSTITUTIONAL INQUIRIES: THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AVOIDANCE AND THE POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE; CONSTITUTIONAL INQUIRIES: THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AVOIDANCE AND THE POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: THE DOCTRINE OF CONSTITUTIONAL AVOIDANCE: A LEGAL OVERVIEW; Chapter 2: THE POLITICAL QUESTION DOCTRINE: JUSTICIABILITY AND THE SEPARATION OF POWERS; INDEX

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-63482-928-X