The view of the courts from the Hill
Subtitle: interactions between Congress and the federal judiciary
By: Mark C. Miller.
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780813928104; 9780813928210
Subjects: Judicial power -- United States; Legislative power -- United States; Judicial independence -- United States; Political questions and judicial power -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Historical periods of conflict with the courts; title: Regular interactions between Congress and the courts; title: The courts as pawns in the culture wars; title: The House Judiciary Committee : the committee of lawyers; title: Three recent threats to judicial independence; title: The need for judicial independence.