American politicians confront the court : opposition politics and changing responses to judicial power / / Stephen M. Engel [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Engel Stephen M.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 342.73/044
• Soggetto topico: Political questions and judicial power - United States
• Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Beyond the countermajoritarian difficulty -- A developmental theory of politician's confrontations with judicial authority -- In support of Unified Governance : undermining the court in an anti-party age -- Party against partisanship : single-party constitutionalism and the quest for regime unity -- "As party exigencies require" : republicanism, loyal opposition, and the emerging legitimacy of multiple constitutional visions -- Clashing progressive solutions to the political problem of judicial power -- A polity fully-developed for harnessing (I) : living constitutionalism and the politicization of judicial appointment -- A polity fully-developed for harnessing (II) : a conservative insurgency and a self-stylized majoritarian court responds.
• Sommario/riassunto: Politicians have long questioned, or even been openly hostile to, the legitimacy of judicial authority, but that authority seems to have become more secure over time. What explains the recurrence of hostilities and yet the security of judicial power? Addressing this question anew, Stephen Engel points to the gradual acceptance of dissenting views of the Constitution, that is, the legitimacy and loyalty of stable opposition. Politicians' changing perception of the threat posed by opposition influenced how manipulations of judicial authority took shape. Engel's book brings our understanding of these manipulations into line with other developments, such as the establishment of political parties, the acceptance of loyal opposition, the development of different modes of constitutional interpretation and the emergence of rights-based pluralism.
• Titolo autorizzato: American politicians confront the court
• ISBN: 1-139-09750-4; 1-107-21412-2; 1-283-30700-6; 1-139-10333-4; 9786613307002; 0-511-99489-3; 1-139-10087-4; 1-139-10153-6; 1-139-09884-5; 1-139-09952-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781873603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II