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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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Edlin, Douglas E.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©2008.
Sujets:
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
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • The common law
  • The source-based argument for the judicial obligation to apply the law
  • The conceptual argument for the judicial obligation to apply the law
  • The source-based argument for the judicial obligation to develop the law : part I (England)
  • The source-based argument for the judicial obligation to develop the law : part II (United States)
  • The conceptual argument for the judicial obligation to develop the law
  • Common law review
  • Common law review in two common law systems.

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