Measuring judicial activism
By: Stefanie A. Lindquist and Frank B. Cross.
Contributors: Cross, Frank B.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780195370850
Subjects: United States. -- Supreme Court; Political questions and judicial power -- United States; Judicial review -- United States
Description: 'Measuring Judicial Activism' supplies empirical analysis to the widely discussed concept of judicial activism at the United States Supreme Court. The book seeks to move beyond more subjective debates by conceptualizing activism in non-ideological terms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The political and academic debate over judicial activism; title: Identifying judicial activisim; title: Judicial review of federal statutes; title: Judicial review of state and local laws; title: Judicial review of executive branch actions; title: Justiciability and judicial activism; title: Overruling Supreme Court precedents; title: A multidimensional view of judicial activism.