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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... political strategy . " 2 By ruling that Congress could not expand the Supreme Court's original jurisdiction , the " Great Chief Justice " managed to invalidate a piece of federal legislation without issuing an order that Congress or the ...
... political actors . Judicial power has expanded far beyond what anyone imagined possible when Mr. Marbury went to court to force Mr. Madison to deliver his commission . As Mark Tushnet observes in his contribution to our volume ...
... political consequences of judicial efforts to settle morally charged debates about divisive issues . The majority in ... political process are almost certain to fail — and , in the process , to exacerbate social division and ill will ...
... politics of a democratic republic.7 These essays and commentaries are offered , not with the pre- tense that they ... political conflicts at key moments of our national history . Such an appreciation , we trust , will enable citizens ...
... political morality requires something very much like the regime of legal abortion mandated by the Supreme Court ; and according to his " moral reading " of the Constitution , judges and other interpreters must incorporate their ...
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