Constitutional dialogues : interpretation as political process / Louis Fisher.

"Who makes constitutional law? Is constitutional doctrine the monopoly of the courts? In accessible and persuasive prose Louis Fisher explains that constitutional law is not solely or even primarily the Supreme Court's "final word" but rather a richly political convergence of sep...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Fisher, Louis (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [1988]
Series:Princeton legacy library.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Public Law and Politics
  • 2. The Doctrine of Judicial Review
  • 3. Threshold Requirements: Husbanding Power and Prestige
  • 4. Judicial Organization
  • 5. Decisionmaking: Process and Strategy
  • 6. Efforts to Curb the Court
  • 7. Coordinate Construction
  • Conclusion
  • Suggested Readings
  • Index of Cases
  • General Index.