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The cloaking of power : Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the rise of judicial activism /

How did the U.S. judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law, constitutionalism, and liberal democracy both in America and internationally?In The Cloaking of Power, Paul O. Carrese provi...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Carrese, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How did the U.S. judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law, constitutionalism, and liberal democracy both in America and internationally?In The Cloaking of Power, Paul O. Carrese provides a provocative and original analysis of the intellectual sources of today's powerful judiciary, arguing that Montesquieu, in his Spirit of the Laws, first articulated a new conception of the separation of powers and of strong but subtle courts.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index.
ISBN:9780226094830
0226094839