Great Cases in Constitutional LawRobert P. George Princeton University Press, 2000 M03 19 - 206 páginas Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts. These issues have been at the heart of the greatest constitutional controversies in American history. And in this concise and thought-provoking volume, some of today's most distinguished legal scholars and commentators explain for a general audience how five landmark Supreme Court cases centered on those controversies shaped the country's destiny and continue to affect us even now. The book is a profound exploration of the Supreme Court's importance to America's social and political life. It is also, as many of the contributors show, an intriguing reflection of what some have seen as an important trend in legal scholarship away from an uncritical belief in the essentially benign nature of judicial power. |
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... issues of domestic public policy . Sometimes the form of judicial intervention has been by way of the interpretation of laws enacted by the Congress . The most dramatic judicial actions , however , have involved the invalidation of acts ...
... issues in accordance with the normal procedures of democratic self - government . Federal judges , as appointed rather than elected officials , are democratically unaccountable ; they serve " on good behavior " —i.e . , for life unless ...
... issues may not be tomorrow's ; and today's judges may well be replaced by a future cohort more , or less , likely to share ... issue of whether judicial review of some sort may legitimately be exercised . Unlike the later Great Cases we ...
... issue of the obligation of Presi- dent Thomas Jefferson's secretary of state , James Madison , to de- liver commissions to judges who had been appointed in the clos- ing hours of John Adams's administration . Jefferson , of course ...
... issues . The majority in Dred Scott erred , ac- cording to Sunstein , not ( or not merely ) because they came down on the wrong side of the slavery issue , but because they attempted to resolve by judicial fiat an issue that , in the ...
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