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Law and judicial duty [electronic resource] / Philip Hamburger.

By: Hamburger, Philip, 1957-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008Description: xviii, 686 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Judicial review -- United States -- History | Judicial process -- United States -- History | Constitutional law -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 347.73/12 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
The hierarchy of law -- The shift toward authority -- Constitutions -- Judicial duty -- Independent judgment -- Judicial decisions -- Authority to expound -- No appeal from parliament -- Colonial departures -- Law and judicial duty -- Reason and justice within the law -- The range of constitutional decisions and the character of judicial duty -- Holding legislative acts unconstitutional -- A lopsided debate -- Not holding legislative acts unconstitutional -- Independence -- Authority -- The inexplicitness of constitutions -- Federal clarifications.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The hierarchy of law -- The shift toward authority -- Constitutions -- Judicial duty -- Independent judgment -- Judicial decisions -- Authority to expound -- No appeal from parliament -- Colonial departures -- Law and judicial duty -- Reason and justice within the law -- The range of constitutional decisions and the character of judicial duty -- Holding legislative acts unconstitutional -- A lopsided debate -- Not holding legislative acts unconstitutional -- Independence -- Authority -- The inexplicitness of constitutions -- Federal clarifications.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.