Judges and unjust laws : common law constitutionalism and the foundations of judicial review /

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With keen insight into the common law mind, Edlin argues that there are rich resources within the law for judges to ground their opposition to morally outrageous laws, and a legal obligation on them to overturn it, consequent on the general common law obligation to develop the law. Thus, seriously u...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edlin, Douglas E.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2008.
Temas:
Judge-made law > Great Britain.
Judge-made law > United States.
Judicial review > Great Britain.
Judicial review > United States.
Droit créé par le juge > Grande-Bretagne.
Droit créé par le juge > États-Unis.
Contrôle juridictionnel des lois > Grande-Bretagne.
Contrôle juridictionnel des lois > États-Unis.
LAW > Judicial Power.
LAW > General.
Judge-made law
Judicial review
Common law
Richter
Great Britain
United States
Großbritannien
USA
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:With keen insight into the common law mind, Edlin argues that there are rich resources within the law for judges to ground their opposition to morally outrageous laws, and a legal obligation on them to overturn it, consequent on the general common law obligation to develop the law. Thus, seriously unjust laws pose for common law judges a dilemma within the law, not just a moral challenge to the law, a conflict of obligations, not just a crisis of conscience. While rooted firmly in the history of common law jurisprudence, Edlin offers an entirely fresh perspective on an age-old jurisprudential conundrum.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 321 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-299) and index.
ISBN:9780472022953
0472022954

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