Hamburger, Philip, 1957-

Law and judicial duty [electronic resource] / Philip Hamburger. - Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008. - xviii, 686 p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The hierarchy of law -- The shift toward authority -- Constitutions -- Judicial duty -- Independent judgment -- Judicial decisions -- Authority to expound -- No appeal from parliament -- Colonial departures -- Law and judicial duty -- Reason and justice within the law -- The range of constitutional decisions and the character of judicial duty -- Holding legislative acts unconstitutional -- A lopsided debate -- Not holding legislative acts unconstitutional -- Independence -- Authority -- The inexplicitness of constitutions -- Federal clarifications.


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Judicial review--History.--United States
Judicial process--History.--United States
Constitutional law--United States.


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