Law And Legitimacy In The Supreme Court
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Author | : Richard H. Fallon |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 237 |
Release | : 2018-02-19 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0674975812 |
Download Law and Legitimacy in the Supreme Court Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Legitimacy and judicial authority -- Constitutional meaning : original public meaning -- Constitutional meaning : varieties of history that matter -- Law in the Supreme Court : jurisprudential foundations -- Constitutional constraints -- Constitutional theory and its relation to constitutional practice -- Sociological, legal, and moral legitimacy : today and tomorrow
Author | : Robert A. Licht |
Publisher | : American Enterprise Institute |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 9780844738130 |
Download Is the Supreme Court the Guardian of the Constitution? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book examines the controversy surrounding the conventional wisdom that the Court is the guardian of the Constitution and the ultimate defender of our liberties.
Author | : Michael A. Zilis |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 195 |
Release | : 2021-04-15 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1108832091 |
Download The Rights Paradox Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
What happens to the legitimacy of the Supreme Court when it protects 'equal justice under law'?
Author | : Lisa Paddock |
Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2011-04-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1118068653 |
Download Supreme Court For Dummies Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Gives you the scoop on how the Court reaches its decisions Get involved and track a case through the system This fun and easy guide demystifies the federal court system by describing what kinds of cases the justices hear, outlining how cases reach the Supreme Court, clarifying legal terms, and explaining how the Court arrives at its decisions. You'll discover how to get inside the Court yourself and investigate both the key issues and the players involved. The Dummies Way * Explanations in plain English * "Get in, get out" information * Icons and other navigational aids * Tear-out cheat sheet * Top ten lists * A dash of humor and fun
Author | : Mary Ann Harrell |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 164 |
Release | : 1982 |
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Download Equal Justice Under Law Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Lawrence S. Wrightsman |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 329 |
Release | : 2006-03-16 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 019530604X |
Download The Psychology of the Supreme Court Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Examining the psychology of Supreme Court decision-making, this book seeks to understand almost all aspects of the Supreme Court's functioning from a psychological perspective. It addresses many factors of influence, including the background of the justices, how they are nominated and appointed, the role of their law clerks, and more.
Author | : Michael Zilis |
Publisher | : University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages | : 255 |
Release | : 2015-09-22 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 0472121243 |
Download The Limits of Legitimacy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When the U.S. Supreme Court announces a decision, reporters simplify and dramatize the complex legal issues by highlighting dissenting opinions and thus emphasizing conflict among the justices themselves. This often sensationalistic coverage fosters public controversy over specific rulings despite polls which show that Americans strongly believe in the Court’s legitimacy as an institution. In The Limits of Legitimacy, Michael A. Zilis illuminates this link between case law and public opinion. Drawing on a diverse array of sources and methods, he employs case studies of eminent domain decisions, analysis of media reporting, an experiment to test how volunteers respond to media messages, and finally the natural experiment of the controversy over the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. Zilis finds that the media tends not to quote from majority opinions. However, the greater the division over a particular ruling among the justices themselves, the greater the likelihood that the media will criticize that ruling, characterize it as "activist," and employ inflammatory rhetoric. Hethen demonstrates that the media’s portrayal of a decision, as much as the substance of the decision itself, influences citizens’ reactions to and acceptance of it. This meticulously constructed study and its persuasively argued conclusion advance the understanding of the media, judicial politics, political institutions, and political behavior.
Author | : Stephen Breyer |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2021-09-14 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0674269365 |
Download The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A sitting justice reflects upon the authority of the Supreme CourtÑhow that authority was gained and how measures to restructure the Court could undermine both the Court and the constitutional system of checks and balances that depends on it. A growing chorus of officials and commentators argues that the Supreme Court has become too political. On this view the confirmation process is just an exercise in partisan agenda-setting, and the jurists are no more than Òpoliticians in robesÓÑtheir ostensibly neutral judicial philosophies mere camouflage for conservative or liberal convictions. Stephen Breyer, drawing upon his experience as a Supreme Court justice, sounds a cautionary note. Mindful of the CourtÕs history, he suggests that the judiciaryÕs hard-won authority could be marred by reforms premised on the assumption of ideological bias. Having, as Hamilton observed, Òno influence over either the sword or the purse,Ó the Court earned its authority by making decisions that have, over time, increased the publicÕs trust. If public trust is now in decline, one part of the solution is to promote better understandings of how the judiciary actually works: how judges adhere to their oaths and how they try to avoid considerations of politics and popularity. Breyer warns that political intervention could itself further erode public trust. Without the publicÕs trust, the Court would no longer be able to act as a check on the other branches of government or as a guarantor of the rule of law, risking serious harm to our constitutional system.
Author | : Clement Fatovic |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 253 |
Release | : 2013-10-22 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 0199974721 |
Download Extra-Legal Power and Legitimacy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
When an economic collapse, natural disaster, epidemic outbreak, terrorist attack, or internal crisis puts a country in dire need, governments must rise to the occasion to protect their citizens, sometimes employing the full scope of their powers. How do political systems that limit government control under normal circumstances allow for the discretionary and potentially unlimited power that such emergencies sometimes seem to require? Constitutional systems aim to regulate government behavior through stable and predictable laws, but when their citizens' freedom, security, and stability are threatened by exigencies, often the government must take extraordinary action regardless of whether it has the legal authority to do so. In Extra-Legal Power and Legitimacy: Perspectives on Prerogative, Clement Fatovic and Benjamin A. Kleinerman examine the costs and benefits associated with different ways that governments have wielded extra-legal powers in times of emergency. They survey distinct models of emergency governments and draw diverse and conflicting approaches by joining influential thinkers into conversation with one another. Chapters by eminent scholars illustrate the earliest frameworks of prerogative, analyze American perspectives on executive discretion and extraordinary power, and explore the implications and importance of deliberating over the limitations and proportionality of prerogative power in contemporary liberal democracy. In doing so, they re-introduce into public debate key questions surrounding executive power in contemporary politics.
Author | : Andrea Castagnola |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 191 |
Release | : 2016-11-03 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1315520605 |
Download Judicial Politics in Mexico Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
After more than seventy years of uninterrupted authoritarian government headed by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional (PRI), Mexico formally began the transition to democracy in 2000. Unlike most other new democracies in Latin America, no special Constitutional Court was set up, nor was there any designated bench of the Supreme Court for constitutional adjudication. Instead, the judiciary saw its powers expand incrementally. Under this new context inevitable questions emerged: How have the justices interpreted the constitution? What is the relation of the court with the other political institutions? How much autonomy do justices display in their decisions? Has the court considered the necessary adjustments to face the challenges of democracy? It has become essential in studying the new role of the Supreme Court to obtain a more accurate and detailed diagnosis of the performances of its justices in this new political environment. Through critical review of relevant debates and using original data sets to empirically analyze the way justices voted on the three main means of constitutional control from 2000 through 2011, leading legal scholars provide a thoughtful and much needed new interpretation of the role the judiciary plays in a country’s transition to democracy This book is designed for graduate courses in law and courts, judicial politics, comparative judicial politics, Latin American institutions, and transitions to democracy. This book will equip scholars and students with the knowledge required to understand the importance of the independence of the judiciary in the transition to democracy.