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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822659603321

Autore

Ruggiero Cristina M. <1972->

Titolo

Judicial power in a federal system [[electronic resource] ] : Canada, United States and Germany / / Cristina M. Ruggiero

Pubbl/distr/stampa

El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2012

ISBN

1-59332-608-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (344 p.)

Collana

Law and society

Disciplina

347/.012

Soggetti

Political questions and judicial power - Germany

Political questions and judicial power - Canada

Political questions and judicial power - United States

Judge-made law

Judicial review

Federal government - Germany

Federal government - Canada

Federal government - United States

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 and Figure; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: The Interdependent Nature of Judicial Power'?; Chapter 3: Comparing 'Intrinsic' Court Features; Chapter 4: Comparing 'Extrinsic' Federal Design Features; Chapter 5: Canada; Chapter 6: United States; Chapter 7: Germany; Chapter 8: Comparing the Power of Courts in Federal Systems; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Ruggiero provides a systematic evaluation of the 'interdependent nature' of judicial power within three federal systems. She seeks to answer the question: Why are some high courts more powerful than others? By integrating strategic assumptions about the behavior of courts and other political actors and by employing a comparative, historical analysis of court policy-making and legislative responses to said policy-making, Ruggiero tests and refines concepts of court influence as 'interdependent'. She finds that the influence of high courts and their decisions are shaped both by 'intrinsic' insti