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Argues that a sound judiciary is critical, but lacking, for the long-term development of Latin American democracy.

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Reformers are wrong to focus on a single aspect of the judiciary on the assumption that one reform naturally leads to another. In fact, all aspects of the courts are so closely related that failure to reform one aspect creates a negative synergy that ultimately undermines the reformed areas.

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This analysis of the jurisprudence of Justice Antonin Scalia argues that his impact has been neither what conservatives hoped nor what liberals feared. The authors examine Scalia's political and judicial philosophy, outlining areas of the law that he influenced.

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Explores the impact of the federal courts. The text discusses the development of constitutional law and the judiciary's impact in the public policy areas of busing, affirmative action, prison reform, mental health reform, procedural reforms in law enforcement and electoral redistricting.

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Explores the impact of the federal courts. The text discusses the development of constitutional law and the judiciary's impact in the public policy areas of busing, affirmative action, prison reform, mental health reform, procedural reforms in law enforcement and electoral redistricting.

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Conventional wisdom holds that the Lochner Court illegitimately used the Constitution's due process clauses to strike down Progressive legislation designed to protect the poor and powerless against big business.

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The authors of these essays explore the extent of the legal profession's involvement in the growth of industrial America, focusing on the state of the profession in various geographic regions and on the profession's institutions and plans for education, regulation, reform, and practice in the period after the Civil War.

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Describes a manner of deliberating about who should serve on the Supreme Court - an approach that puts the burden on nominees to show that their judicial philosophies and politics are acceptable to senators and citizens alike. This book makes a fresh case for the virtue of judicial moderates.

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This volume of essays celebrates the first 50 years in the life of the New Zealand Court of Appeal.

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Historically, the political question doctrine has held the courts from resolving constitutional issues that are better left to other departments of government, as a way of maintaining the system of checks and balances. This book discusses the gradual changes in the parameters of the doctrine.

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Explores the similarities in political and constitutional thought between Justice Antonin Scalia and Alexander Hamilton, and views that Hamilton holds the key to understanding Justice Scalia's decisions. This title uses comparisons between the two men to find the underlying judicial philosophy that connects Justice Scalia's manifold decisions.

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Offering an analysis of the Supreme Court's most important task - shaping the law, this book analyzes the Court's interpretation or treatment of the precedents it has set in the past. It shows that while precedent can operate as a constraint on the justices' decisions, it also represents an opportunity to foster preferred societal outcomes.

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Examines how the Supreme Court has maintained a lofty public image.

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Examines how the Supreme Court has maintained a lofty public image.

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A detailed look at the Rehnquist Court's key figures, rulings, and major changes to U.S. constitutional law.

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In The Role of State Supreme Courts in the New Judicial Federalism, Susan P. She provides both quantitative and qualitative data on state supreme court decisions, and includes an analysis of over 1,200 opinions rendered by six selected courts, thus laying the foundation for a systematic study of the state supreme court system.

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was born in the early 1980s. Its docket covers the rules guiding patents, innovation, and globalization. Are these rules impelling the economy forward or holding it back Are the policies that we have the policies that we want This work demystifies its work and answers these questions.

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By tracing Appleton's life and law practice, the book addresses an aspect of early American culture that has received little attention--the nature of American individualism as embodied in the law.