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Judicial Power and Institutional Constraints : a Comparison of Canadian and American Courts.

Hurl argues that the impact of law and politics on judicial decision making is dependent upon the broader institutional environments that courts operate within. Through an examination environmental and Indian law decisions, he explores how judicial power in Canada and the United States is shaped by...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hurl, Ryan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010.
Colección:Recht und Gesellschaft.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Hurl argues that the impact of law and politics on judicial decision making is dependent upon the broader institutional environments that courts operate within. Through an examination environmental and Indian law decisions, he explores how judicial power in Canada and the United States is shaped by the constitutional structure of the two regimes. His work is based on an analysis of environmental and Indian law decisions decided by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the United States between 1985 and 2008, supplemented by an analysis of environmental policy cases decided by American and Canadian.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (312 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index.
ISBN:9781593326500
1593326505