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Judicial restraint in America : how the ageless wisdom of the federal courts was invented
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Judicial restraint in America : how the ageless wisdom of the federal courts was invented / Evan Tsen Lee.
ISBN
9780195340341 (hardback : alk. paper)
0195340345 (hardback : alk. paper)
Published
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
Physical Description
xiii, 232 pages ; 25 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
February 22, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
John Marshall and the inseparability of action and restraint
David Brewer, natural rights, and the triumph of equity
From protestant idealism to scientific pragmatism
Brandeis and limits on federal judicial power
Frankfurter and the intellectualization of judicial restraint
Brennan, civil rights, and the "personal stake" gambit
The triumph of self-interest
Scalia, the environment, and the modern standing doctrine.
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