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The role of the Supreme Court in American politics : the least dangerous branch? /

Richard Pacelle attempts to answer the question, "What is the proper role for an non-elected institution within a representative democracy?" He examines how non-elected judges should use their role of judicial review, and whether non-elected judges serve as protectors of the "insular...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pacelle, Richard L., 1954- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2002.
Series:Dilemmas in American politics.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
États-Unis. > Supreme Court.
USA > Supreme Court
Judicial power > United States.
Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Judicial power.
United States.
Politik
Oberster Gerichtshof
USA
Supreme Court (VS)
Politieke aspecten.
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Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The Supreme Court : law or politics
  • 2. The historical dimension of the dilemma
  • 3. The Democratic dimension of the dilemma : unelected policymaking
  • 4. The institutional dimension of the dilemma : constitutional and self-imposed limitations
  • 5. The judicial capacity dimension of the dilemma : does the Supreme Court have the ability to make policy
  • 6. The individual dimension of the dilemma : the bases for decisions
  • 7. Toward resolving the dilemma : a return to the recent past.