American politicians confront the court opposition politics and changing responses to judicial power
Title:
American politicians confront the court opposition politics and changing responses to judicial power
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Engel, Stephen M.
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New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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x, 395 p.
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Includes index.
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Beyond the countermajoritarian difficulty -- A developmental theory of politician's confrontations with judicial authority -- In support of Unified Governance : undermining the court in an anti-party age -- Party against partisanship : single-party constitutionalism and the quest for regime unity -- "As party exigencies require" : republicanism, loyal opposition, and the emerging legitimacy of multiple constitutional visions -- Clashing progressive solutions to the political problem of judicial power-- A polity fully-developed for harnessing (I) : living constitutionalism and the politicization of judicial appointment -- A polity fully-developed for harnessing (II) : a conservative insurgency and a self-stylized majoritarian court responds.
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