Separation of powers in practice
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Stanford, Calif.
Stanford University Press
c2004
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index Introduction -- Synopsis of the advantages of the separate branches of government -- Rules of the legislative process -- Statutory construction : the courts review the work of the legislature -- Stare decisis : the self-imposed constraint by the judicial branch not shared by the other branches -- The proper roles of government : the case of obnoxious speech -- The exclusionary rule : when is a matter constitutional, when is it only policy? -- Affirmative action : the use of race by government -- The Fiesta Bowl : unintended consequences of judicial and legislative activism -- Defining constitutional rights : Roe v. Wade -- The Civil Rights Act of 1992 : the burden of proof as a judicial function used to achieve a legislative result -- Two statutes, a hundred years apart : when court interpretation changes between and after two separate legislative acts -- When the Supreme Court does not do its job : the Second Amendment -- Methods of solving disputes between (and within) the branches of federal government : legislative vetoes, delegation to agencies, courts' equity powers -- Another method of solving interbranch disputes : legislators going to court to sue the executive branch |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 235 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0804747369 0804750270 1429481870 9780804747363 9780804750271 9781429481878 |