Congress and the Constitution

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Essays contest notion of the absolute preeminence of judicial review in constitutional interpretation, analyzing the role of Congress as a constitutional interpreter and responsible constitutional agent.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Whittington, Keith E., Devins, Neal
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States. > Constitution.
United States. > Congress > Powers and duties.
États-Unis. > Congress > Pouvoirs et fonctions.
États-Unis > Constitution.
United States. > Congress
Constitution (United States)
Law > United States > Interpretation and construction.
Constitutional law > United States.
Droit constitutionnel > États-Unis.
Droit > États-Unis > Interprétation.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch
Constitutional law
Law > Interpretation and construction
Legislative power
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prolegomena for a sampler : extrajudicial interpretation of the Constitution, 1789-1861 / David P. Currie
  • Congressional attitudes toward constitutional interpretation / Bruce G. Peabody
  • Constitutional analysis by congressional staff agencies / Louis Fisher
  • Hearing about the Constitution in congressional committees / Keith E. Whittington
  • The federal appointments process as constitutional interpretation / Michael J. Gerhardt
  • Lawyers in Congress / John C. Yoo
  • Congressional responses to judicial review / J. Mitchell Pickerill
  • Court, Congress, and civil rights / Michael J. Klarman
  • Quasi-constitutional law : the rise of super-statutes / William N. Eskridge, Jr. and John Ferejohn
  • Congressional fact finding and the scope of judicial review / Neal Devins
  • Institutional design of a Thayerian Congress / Elizabeth Garrett and Adrian Vermeule
  • Evaluating congressional constitutional interpretation : some criteria and two informal case studies / Mark Tushnet
  • Can congress be trusted with the constitution? : the effects of incentives and procedures / Barbara Sinclair.

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