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Judges on judging : views from the Bench /

Thoroughly revised and updated for this Fifth Edition, Judges on Judging offers insights into the judicial philosophies and political views of those on the bench. Broad in scope, this one-of-a-kind book features "off-the-bench" writings and speeches in which Supreme Court justices, as well...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: O'Brien, David M. (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Thousand Oaks : CQ Press, 2016.
Edición:Fifth edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I: Judicial Review and American Politics; Chapter 1: The Doctrine of Judicial Review: Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Marbury
  • Warren E. Burger; Marbury v. Madison: Act One, The Setting; Marbury v. Madison: The Second Act; Epilogue; Chapter 2: The Supreme Court in the American System of Government
  • Robert H. Jackson; The Supreme Court as a Unit of Government; Executive v. Legislative; Federal Power v. State Power; State v. State; Majority v. Individual; Part II: The Dynamics of the Judicial Process; Trial Judges and the Adversarial Process; Appellate Judges and the "Caseload Crisis"; The Supreme Court and the Judicial Process; Chapter 3: The "Fight" Theory versus the "Truth" Theory
  • Jerome Frank; Chapter 4: The Adversary Judge: The Experience of the Trial Judge
  • Marvin E.
  • Frankel; The Role as Written; The Adversary Performance; The Judge Embattled; The Judge Discomforted; Chapter 5: The Business of the U.S. District Courts
  • D. Brock Hornsby; Civil Lawsuits; Criminal Prosecutions; Conclusion; Chapter 6: What I Ate for Breakfast and Other Mysteries of Judicial Decision Making
  • Alex Kozinski; Chapter 7: Whose Federal Judiciary Is It Anyway?
  • Stephen Reinhardt; Chapter 8: What Really Goes on at the Supreme Court
  • Lewis F. Powell Jr; Chapter 9: The Supreme Court's Conference
  • William H. Rehnquist; Chapter 10: Deciding What to Decide: The Docket and the Rule of Four
  • John Paul Stevens; Chapter 11: The Role of Oral Argument
  • John M. Harlan II; Chapter 12: The Dissent: A Safeguard of Democracy
  • William O.
  • Douglas; Search for Certainty; Legislative Process One of Compromise; Interpretation Has Legislative Characteristics; Stare Decisis Has Small Place in Constitutional Law; Uncertainty Necessary for Democracy; Judges Share Crises of Modern Society; Part III: The Judiciary and the Constitution; Chapter 13: Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States
  • Joseph Story; Preface; Chapter IV. Who Is Final Judge or Interpreter in Constitutional Controversies; Chapter V. Rules of Interpretation; Chapter 14: The Path of Law
  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr; Chapter 15: The Judge as a Legislator
  • Benjamin N. Cardozo; Chapter 16: The Notion of a Living Constitution
  • William H. Rehnquist; Chapter 17: A Relativistic Constitution
  • William Wayne Justice; Chapter 18: The Jurisprudence of Judicial Restraint: A Return to the Moorings
  • J.
  • Clifford Wallace; The Constitution and the Theory of Judicial Restraint; The Practical Application of Judicial Restraint; Judicial Restraint's Response to Judicial Activism; Chapter 19: Tradition and Morality in Constitutional Law
  • Robert H. Bork; Chapter 20: What Am I, a Potted Plant? The Case Against Strict Constructionism
  • Richard A. Posner; Chapter 21: Originalism: The Lesser Evil
  • Antonin Scalia; Chapter 22: Judging
  • Clarence Thomas; Chapter 23: The Constitution: A Living Document
  • Thurgood Marshall; Chapter 24: The Constitution of the United States: Contemporary Ratification
  • William J. Brennan Jr; Chapter 25: Originalism and History
  • John Paul Stevens; Chapter 26: On Constitutional Interpretation
  • David H. Souter; Chapter 27: Speaking in a Judicial Voice: Reflections on Roe v. Wade
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg; Chapter 28: Our Democratic Constitution
  • Stephen G.
  • Breyer; Chapter 29: Against Constitutional Theory
  • Richard A. Posner; Part IV: Our Dual Constitutional System: The Bill of Rights and the States; Chapter 30: The Bill of Rights
  • Hugo L. Black; Chapter 31: Guardians of Our Liberties
  • State Courts No Less Than Federal
  • William J. Brennan Jr; Chapter 32: First Things First: Rediscovering the States' Bills of Rights
  • Hans A. Linde; History; The Logic of Federalism; Putting Principle into Practice; Chapter 33: What Does
  • and Does Not
  • Ail State Constitutional Law
  • Jeffrey S. Sutton; The Content and Length of State Constitutions; The Ease of Amending State Constitutions; Judicial Elections; Lockstep Interpretations; Conclusion; Chapter 34: State Courts at the Dawn of a New Century: Common Law Courts Reading Statutes and Constitutions
  • Judith S.
  • Kaye; Common Law Courts Construing State Constitutions; Common Law Courts Construing State Statutes.