Separation of powers in practice /

Each branch of American government possesses inherent advantages and disadvantages in structure. In this book, the author relies on a separation-of-powers analysis that emphasizes the advantage of the legislature to draft precise words to fit intended situations, the judiciary's advantage of be...

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Tác giả chính: Campbell, Thomas, 1952-
Định dạng: Licensed eBooks
Ngôn ngữ:Tiếng Anh
Được phát hành: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, ©2004.
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  • Introduction
  • Synopsis of the advantages of the separate branches of government
  • Rules of the legislative process
  • Statutory construction : the courts review the work of the legislature
  • Stare decisis : the self-imposed constraint by the judicial branch not shared by the other branches
  • The proper roles of government : the case of obnoxious speech
  • The exclusionary rule : when is a matter constitutional, when is it only policy?
  • Affirmative action : the use of race by government
  • The Fiesta Bowl : unintended consequences of judicial and legislative activism
  • Defining constitutional rights : Roe v. Wade
  • The Civil Rights Act of 1992 : the burden of proof as a judicial function used to achieve a legislative result
  • Two statutes, a hundred years apart : when court interpretation changes between and after two separate legislative acts
  • When the Supreme Court does not do its job : the Second Amendment
  • Methods of solving disputes between (and within) the branches of federal government : legislative vetoes, delegation to agencies, courts' equity powers
  • Another method of solving interbranch disputes : legislators going to court to sue the executive branch.