Judicial restraint in America
Subtitle: how the ageless wisdom of the federal courts was invented
By: Evan Tsen Lee
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780195340341
Subjects: United States; Judicial  process; United States. Supreme Court; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: John Marshall and the inseparability of action and restraint; title: David Brewer, natural rights, and the triumph of equity; title: From protestant idealism to scientific pragmatism; title: Brandeis and limits on federal judicial power; title: Frankfurter and the intellectualization of judicial restraint; title: Brennan, civil rights, and the "personal stake" gambit; title: The triumph of self-interest; title: Scalia, the environment, and the modern standing doctrine.