Law and judicial duty [electronic resource] / Philip Hamburger.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.Description: xviii, 686 pSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 347.73/12 22
LOC classification:
  • KF4575 .H36 2008eb
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Contents:
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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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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