A doubtful and perilous experiment advisory opinions, state constitutions, and judicial supremacy

This peculiar obligation : the problem of state supreme courts as advisors -- Danger of grave abuses : attacks on the legitimacy of advisory opinions -- To create a power to refuse : the rise of a jurisprudence of advisory opinions -- Useful instrument of government : defending advisory opinions --...

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1. Verfasser: Topf, Mel A. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Oxford u.a. Oxford University Press c2011
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Zusammenfassung:This peculiar obligation : the problem of state supreme courts as advisors -- Danger of grave abuses : attacks on the legitimacy of advisory opinions -- To create a power to refuse : the rise of a jurisprudence of advisory opinions -- Useful instrument of government : defending advisory opinions -- An offer that can't be refused : judicial review and the failed attempts to distinguish advice and decisions -- Advisory opinions and judicial supremacy : constitutionalism, a politicized judiciary, and the eclipse of civic debate.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-207) and index
Beschreibung:XVIII, 220 S.
24 cm
ISBN:0199756767
0-19-975676-7
9780199756766
978-0-19-975676-6