America's prophets
Subtitle: how judicial activism makes America great
By: David R. Dow.
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: West Port, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 165
ISBN-13: 9780313377082
Subjects: Political questions and judicial power -- United States; Judges -- Political aspects -- United States; Judicial review -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What exactly is judicial activism?; title: A short history of "activist" judges; title: Griswold v. Connecticut and the rise of judicial prophecy; title: Prophetic interpretation of biblical law; title: The idea of American law; title: Contemporary problems for the activist judge : race, religion, same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia.