Judicial independence at the crossroads : an interdisciplinary approach / / Stephen B. Burbank, Barry Friedman, editors |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource, (298 p.) : ill |
Disciplina | 347.73/12 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BurbankStephen B
FriedmanBarry <1958-> |
Soggetto topico |
Judicial process - United States
Judicial power - United States Judges - United States Courts - United States |
ISBN |
0-7619-2656-9
1-322-41839-X 1-4522-6288-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Contents; Part I: RECONSIDERING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Reconsidering Judicial Independence; Part II: THE MEANING OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE; 3 - Is Judicial Independencea Useful Concept?; 4 - Independence as a Governance Mechanism; Part III: THEORY AND EVIDENCE; 5 - Does Judicial Independence Exist?; 6 - Judicial Independence. How Can You Tell It When You See It? And, Who Cares?; 7 - Behavioral Factors Affecting Judicial Independence; 8 - Customary Independence; Part IV: COMPARATIVE DIMENSIONS; 9 - Selecting Selection Systems; 10 - Declarations of Independence
AppendixIndex; About the Editors; About the Contributors |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910806819403321 |
Thousand Oaks, CA, : Sage Publications, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and American character [[electronic resource] ] : censoring ourselves in an anxious age / / Robert F. Nagel |
Autore | Nagel Robert F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
347.73/12
347.30712 |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Judicial power - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-56111-4
9786610561117 0-19-535841-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; Inequality as Equality; Offensiveness as Virtue; Careerism and Sexual Equality; Careerism and Responsibility; Moralism and Opportunism; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; Bork against the Mainstream; Bork as the Mainstream; Meeting the Enemy; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; Judges as Politicians; Marching and Advocacy; Legalism, Realism, and Edwin Meese's Heresy
5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of DisagreementThe Rule of Law; Legal Traditions and Constitutional Rights; Political Resistance and the Expansion of Rights; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; Sexual Speech and Moral Climate; Flag Burning and Political Ethos; Boundlessness and Adjudication; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; Regulating Sexist Speech; The Court and Consciousness Raising; Mind Control and Censorship; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; Name-Calling in the Courts Judicial Restraint and Moral HeroismThe Ideal of Moderation in a Divided Society; Restraint and the Judicial Machine; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Principle Ascendant; Principle,""Progress,"" and the Tradition of the Family; Principle as Suppression; Principle and Cultural Decline; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451159003321 |
Nagel Robert F | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and American character [[electronic resource] ] : censoring ourselves in an anxious age / / Robert F. Nagel |
Autore | Nagel Robert F |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
347.73/12
347.30712 |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Judicial power - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-771965-1
1-280-56111-4 9786610561117 0-19-535841-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; Inequality as Equality; Offensiveness as Virtue; Careerism and Sexual Equality; Careerism and Responsibility; Moralism and Opportunism; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; Bork against the Mainstream; Bork as the Mainstream; Meeting the Enemy; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; Judges as Politicians; Marching and Advocacy; Legalism, Realism, and Edwin Meese's Heresy
5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of DisagreementThe Rule of Law; Legal Traditions and Constitutional Rights; Political Resistance and the Expansion of Rights; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; Sexual Speech and Moral Climate; Flag Burning and Political Ethos; Boundlessness and Adjudication; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; Regulating Sexist Speech; The Court and Consciousness Raising; Mind Control and Censorship; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; Name-Calling in the Courts Judicial Restraint and Moral HeroismThe Ideal of Moderation in a Divided Society; Restraint and the Judicial Machine; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Principle Ascendant; Principle,""Progress,"" and the Tradition of the Family; Principle as Suppression; Principle and Cultural Decline; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784812003321 |
Nagel Robert F | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and American character : censoring ourselves in an anxious age / / Robert F. Nagel |
Autore | Nagel Robert F |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 p.) |
Disciplina |
347.73/12
347.30712 |
Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
Soggetto topico |
Constitutional law - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
Judicial power - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-771965-1
1-280-56111-4 9786610561117 0-19-535841-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1. Introduction: The Court as Cultural Barometer; 2. Watching Ourselves: The Thomas Hearings and National Character; Inequality as Equality; Offensiveness as Virtue; Careerism and Sexual Equality; Careerism and Responsibility; Moralism and Opportunism; 3. Shaping Law: Elitism and Democracy in the Bork Hearings; Bork against the Mainstream; Bork as the Mainstream; Meeting the Enemy; 4. Marching on Constitution Avenue: Public Protest and the Court; Judges as Politicians; Marching and Advocacy; Legalism, Realism, and Edwin Meese's Heresy
5. Speaking before All Others: Interpretation as the Suppression of DisagreementThe Rule of Law; Legal Traditions and Constitutional Rights; Political Resistance and the Expansion of Rights; 6. Pursuing Visions: Interpretation as Moral Evasion; Sexual Speech and Moral Climate; Flag Burning and Political Ethos; Boundlessness and Adjudication; 7. Correcting the Political: Interpretation as Mind Control; Regulating Sexist Speech; The Court and Consciousness Raising; Mind Control and Censorship; 8. Arguing with Enemies: Interpretation as Invective; Name-Calling in the Courts Judicial Restraint and Moral HeroismThe Ideal of Moderation in a Divided Society; Restraint and the Judicial Machine; 9. Censoring Ourselves; Principle Ascendant; Principle,""Progress,"" and the Tradition of the Family; Principle as Suppression; Principle and Cultural Decline; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809991703321 |
Nagel Robert F | ||
New York, : Oxford University Press, 1994 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and institutional constraints [[electronic resource] ] : a comparison of Canadian and American courts / / Ryan Hurl |
Autore | Hurl Ryan <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 347.71/012 |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-59332-650-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462543903321 |
Hurl Ryan <1973-> | ||
El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and institutional constraints : a comparison of Canadian and American courts / / Ryan Hurl |
Autore | Hurl Ryan <1973-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 347.71/012 |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN | 1-59332-650-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785950403321 |
Hurl Ryan <1973-> | ||
El Paso : , : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Judicial power and institutional constraints : a comparison of Canadian and American courts / / Ryan Hurl |
Autore | Hurl Ryan <1973-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 pages) |
Disciplina | 347.71/012 |
Collana | Law and society |
Soggetto topico |
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 |
ISBN | 1-59332-650-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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 |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910822529303321 |
Hurl Ryan <1973-> | ||
El Paso, : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The role of the independent judiciary [[electronic resource] /] / by Susan Sullivan Lagon |
Autore | Lagon Susan Sullivan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | [San Francisco, Calif.] : , : [Institute for Contemporary Studies], , [1993] |
Collana | Freedom paper |
Soggetto topico | Judicial power - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693371603321 |
Lagon Susan Sullivan | ||
[San Francisco, Calif.] : , : [Institute for Contemporary Studies], , [1993] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Short-change for consumers and short-shrift for Congress? [[electronic resource] ] : the Supreme Court's treatment of laws that protect Americans' health, safety, jobs, and retirement : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Tenth Congress, second session, June 11, 2008 |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | iii, 135 pages : digital, PDF file |
Collana | S. hrg. |
Soggetto topico |
Legislation - United States
Judicial power - United States Separation of powers - United States Social values - United States Consumer protection - United States |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Short-change for consumers and short-shrift for Congress? |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910698694003321 |
Washington : , : U.S. G.P.O., , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Supreme Court and the idea of constitutionalism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Steven Kautz ... [et al.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
Disciplina | 347.73/12 |
Altri autori (Persone) | KautzSteven J |
Collana |
Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism |
Soggetto topico |
Judicial power - United States
Constitutional law - United States Constitutional law - Philosophy Judicial review - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-89722-9
0-8122-0607-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Ideas of constitutionalism ancient and modern / Nathan Tarcov -- On liberal constitutionalism / Steven Kautz -- Judicial review and the incomplete constitution : a Madisonian perspective on the Supreme Court and the idea of constitutionalism / Michael P. Zuckert -- Constitutionalism as judicial review : historical lessons from the U.S. case / Leslie Friedman Goldstein -- Who has authority over the Constitution of the United States? / James Stoner -- The Supreme Court and contemporary constitutionalism : the implications of the development of alternative forms of judicial review / Mark Tushnet -- The sounds of silence : militant and acquiescent constitutionalism / Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn -- Constitutionalism and democracy : understanding the relation / Larry Alexander -- Active liberty and the problem of judicial oligarchy / Robert P. Young, Jr -- Judicial power and democracy : a Machiavellian view / Rogers M. Smith -- Constitutional constraints in politics / Keith E. Whittington -- "The court will clean it up" : executive power, constitutional contestation and war powers / Benjamin A. Kleinerman. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463716103321 |
Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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