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

The story of attempts to defend advisory authority, including several attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution to require the Supreme Court to issues them. It tells the story also of the uneasy relation between advisory opinions and judicial review as well as the expansion of judicial power.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Topf, Mel A.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2011.
Subjects:
Advisory opinions > United States > States.
Judicial review > United States > States.
Constitutional law > United States > States.
Contrôle juridictionnel des lois > États-Unis > États.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Constitutional law > U.S. states
Judicial review > U.S. states
United States
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:The story of attempts to defend advisory authority, including several attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution to require the Supreme Court to issues them. It tells the story also of the uneasy relation between advisory opinions and judicial review as well as the expansion of judicial power.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 220 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-207) and index.
ISBN:9780199918898
0199918899
9780199909803
0199909806