Perry , Michael J.

The constitution in the courts law and politics? Michael J. Perry. - New York Oxford University Press 1994. - viii, 277 p. 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Constitutional adjuication : law or politics? -- The argument for judicial review -- The argument for the originalist approach to judicial review -- Originalism does not entail minimalism, II : The indeterminacy of history -- Originalism does not entail minimalism, II : The indeterminancy of morality -- Skepticism about minimalism -- and about nonminimalism, too -- The original meaning of the Fourteenth Amendmment -- The Supremme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment, I : equal protection -- The Supreme Court and the Fourteenth Amendment, II : substantive due process -- Constitutional adjudication : law and politics.

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Judicial review--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
Political questions and judicial power--United States.


United States--Constitutional law--Interpretation and construction.

KF4575 / .P47 1994