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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462543903321

Autore

Hurl Ryan <1973->

Titolo

Judicial power and institutional constraints [[electronic resource] ] : a comparison of Canadian and American courts / / Ryan Hurl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010

ISBN

1-59332-650-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (312 p.)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

347.71/012

Soggetti

Judicial power - United States

Political questions and judicial power - United States

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc

Environmental law - United States

Judicial power - Canada

Political questions and judicial power - Canada

Indians of North America - Legal status, laws, etc - Canada

Environmental law - Canada

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; List of Tables; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Institutional Limits of Judicial Politics; Chapter Three: Constitutional Constraints and IndIAN Law inCanada and the United States; Chapter FOUR: The Limits of Environmental LAW in Canadaand the United States; Chapter Five: Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hurl argues that the impact of law and politics on judicial decision making is dependent upon the broader institutional environments that courts operate within. Through an examination environmental and Indian law decisions, he explores how judicial power in Canada and the United States is shaped by the constitutional structure of the two regimes. His work is based on an analysis of environmental and Indian law decisions decided by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the United States between 1985 and 2008, supplemented by an analysis of environmental policy cases decided by American and Canadian