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A common law for the age of statutes /

The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country seriously to consider returning to a traditional American judicial-legislative balance in which courts would enlarge the common law and would also decide whe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Calabresi, Guido, 1932-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1982.
Colección:Oliver Wendell Holmes lectures.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Contents
  • I Choking on Statutes
  • II The Flight to the Constitution and to Equal Protection Clauses
  • III The Passive Virtues
  • IV Interpretation
  • V The New Deal Response: Administrative Agencies
  • VI Legislative Responses
  • VII Structural Responses
  • VIII A New Approach: Antecedents and Roots
  • IX The Doctrine: A Question of Legitimacy
  • X The Doctrine: Limits and Guidelines
  • XI The Doctrine: Techniques and Feasibility
  • XII The Role of Courts in an Age of Statutes
  • XIII The Dangers of the Doctrine
  • XIV The Uses and Abuses of Subterfuge
  • XV The Choice for CandorNotes
  • Works Cited
  • Table of Cases
  • Index