Judicial review and the Supreme Court; selected essays / edited by Leonard W. Levy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levy, Leonard W. (Leonard Williams), 1923-2006, editor.

Series:

Contemporary essays series

The Contemporary essays series

Harper torchbooks. Academy library, TB-1296.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Supreme Court.

United States.

Judicial review--United States.

Judicial review.

Physical Description:

v, 248 pages ; 21 cm.

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper & Row, [1967]

Contents:

Judicial review, history, and democracy; an introduction, by L. W. Levy.

The origin and scope of the American doctrine of Constitutional law, by J. B. Thayer.

Judicial review and democracy, by H. S. Commager.

The democratic character of judicial review, by E. V. Rostow.

Decision-making in a democracy: the Supreme Court as National policy-maker, by R. A. Dahl.

The Supreme Court and fundamental freedoms, by P. A. Freund.

Is the first amendment law? A reply to Professor Mendelson, by L. B. Frantz.

The search for objectivity in Constitutional law, by G. D. Braden.

The myth of neutrality in Constitutional adjudication, by A. S. Miller & R. F. Howell.

Sources and acknowledgments.

Select bibliography of articles (p. 245-248)

OCLC:

528350