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The most activist supreme court in history : the road to modern judicial conservatism /
When conservatives took control of the federal judiciary in the 1980s, it was widely assumed that they would reverse the landmark rights-protecting precedents set by the Warren Court and replace them with a broad commitment to judicial restraint. Instead, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice Willia...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
©2004.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | When conservatives took control of the federal judiciary in the 1980s, it was widely assumed that they would reverse the landmark rights-protecting precedents set by the Warren Court and replace them with a broad commitment to judicial restraint. Instead, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice William Rehnquist has reaffirmed most of those liberal decisions while creating its own brand of conservative judicial activism. Ranging from 1937 to the present, The Most Activist Supreme Court in History traces the legal and political forces that have shaped the modern Court. Thomas M. Keck argues that t. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 378 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-355) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226428864 0226428869 9780226428840 0226428842 9786612537738 6612537736 1282537733 9781282537736 |