Rival interpretations
Subtitle: the Supreme Court and Congress
By: by Louis Fisher.
Contributors: Fisher, Louis.
Publisher: CQ Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780872895249
Subjects: Constitutional history -- United States -- Sources; Political questions and judicial power -- United States -- History -- Sources; Legislative power -- United States -- History -- Sources
Description: "The Supreme Court and Congress explores how the Court operates in relation to legislative action, as well as the ways in which it has defined the extent and limits of congressional and judicial power. Individual chapters trace conflicts between branches over the power of judicial review and other key separation of powers issues, civil rights for African Americans and women, individual liberties, and regulation of the national economy." -- Back cover
Table of contents: title: The formative years; title: The Civil War and its aftermath; title: Regulating the economy; title: Individual rights; title: Structural disputes.