6/25/09: White House Press Briefing
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A Matter of Interpretation: Federal Courts and the Law (University Center for Human Values) $9.99 We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim–”distinguishing one prior case on his left, straight-arming another one on his right, high-stepping away from another precedent about t… |
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The Politics of Constitutional Review in Germany (Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions) $25.39 Constitutional courts have emerged as central institutions in many advanced democracies. This book investigates the sources and the limits of judicial authority, focusing on the central role of public support for judicial independence. The empirical sections of the book illustrate the theoretical argument in an in-depth study of the German Federal Constitutional Court, including statistical analys… |
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Hitler’s Justice: The Courts of the Third Reich $27.95 … |
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