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Record Nr.

UNINA9910974381303321

Autore

Perry Michael J.

Titolo

The Constitution in the courts : law or politics? / / Michael J. Perry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023

ISBN

0-19-771873-6

1-280-52877-X

0-19-802450-9

0-19-535579-2

1-4294-0688-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (288 p.)

Collana

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

342.73/02

Soggetti

Judicial review - United States

Political questions and judicial power - United States

Constitutional law - United States

United States Constitutional law Interpretation and construction

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Previously issued in print: 1994.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Constitutional Adjudication: Law or Politics?; 2. The Argument for Judicial Review; 3. The Argument for the Originalist Approach to Judicial Review; 4. Originalism Does Not Entail Minimalism, I: The Indeterminacy of History; 5. Originalism Does Not Entail Minimalism, II: The Indeterminacy of Morality; 6. Skepticism about Minimalism-and about Nonminimalism, Too; 7. The Original Meaning of the Fourteenth Amendment; 8. The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment, I: Equal Protection; 9. The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment, II: Substantive Due Process

10. Constitutional Adjudication: Law and PoliticsNotes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

This is a critical analysis of contemporary legal debates which surround controversies regarding the US Supreme Court.