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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459966903321

Autore

Edlin Douglas E

Titolo

Judges and unjust laws [[electronic resource] ] : common law constitutionalism and the foundations of judicial review / / Douglas E. Edlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2008

ISBN

1-282-69754-4

9786612697548

0-472-02295-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Disciplina

347/.012

Soggetti

Judge-made law - Great Britain

Judge-made law - United States

Judicial review - Great Britain

Judicial review - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-299) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.