Constitutional dialogues : interpretation as political process /
"Who makes constitutional law? Is constitutional doctrine the monopoly of the courts? In accessible and persuasive prose Louis Fisher explains that constitutional law is not solely or even primarily the Supreme Court's "final word" but rather a richly political convergence of sep...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[1988]
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Summary: | "Who makes constitutional law? Is constitutional doctrine the monopoly of the courts? In accessible and persuasive prose Louis Fisher explains that constitutional law is not solely or even primarily the Supreme Court's "final word" but rather a richly political convergence of separate interpretations. With a broad range of examples, he argues that constitutional principles emerge from a dialogue among all three branches of government--executive, legislative, and judicial. Important contributions also come from the states and the general public. Fisher identifies executive and legislative initiatives in many areas of constitutional significance. Where there is litigation, the Court generally upholds these initiatives or may avoid making a constitutional decision by using "threshold devices." On those rare occasions when the Supreme Court exercises judicial review and strikes down a presidential or congressional action, it is usually only a matter of time before the proposal is revived and the dialogue begins again."--JSTOR website (viewed April 13, 2017) |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (317 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781400859573 1400859573 9780691077802 0691077800 9780691022871 0691022879 069160519X 9780691605197 |
| Language: | In English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |