Law and judicial duty
By: Philip Hamburger.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 686
ISBN-13: 9780674031319
Subjects: Judicial review -- United States -- History; Judicial process -- United States -- History; Constitutional law -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The hierarchy of law; title: The shift toward authority; title: Constitutions; title: Judicial duty; title: Independent judgment; title: Judicial decisions; title: Authority to expound; title: No appeal from parliament; title: Colonial departures; title: Law and judicial duty; title: Reason and justice within the law; title: The range of constitutional decisions and the character of judicial duty; title: Holding legislative acts unconstitutional; title: A lopsided debate; title: Not holding legislative acts unconstitutional; title: Independence; title: Authority; title: The inexplicitness of constitutions; title: Federal clarifications.