Law and legitimacy in the Supreme Court / Richard H. Fallon, Jr.

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"The book addresses questions about the roles of law and politics and the challenge of legitimacy in constitutional adjudication in the Supreme Court. With all sophisticated observers recognizing that the Justices' political outlooks influence their decision making, many political scientists, some o...

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Main Author: Fallon, Richard H., Jr., 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2018.
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Constitutional law > United States.
Constitutional law.
Judicial process.
Political questions and judicial power.
United States.
Cynical realism (Law)
Physical Description:xii, 221 pages ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Legitimacy and judicial authority
  • Constitutional meaning : original public meaning
  • Constitutional meaning : varieties of history that matter
  • Law in the Supreme Court : jurisprudential foundations
  • Constitutional constraints
  • Constitutional theory and its relation to constitutional practice
  • Sociological, legal, and moral legitimacy : today and tomorrow.