The Role of the Supreme Court in American Politics : The Least Dangerous Branch

Pacelle, Richard

Routledge（2019/09発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 208 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367318956
• DDC分類 347.7326

Full Description

When the Supreme Court's effectively decided the presidential election of 2000, it decision illustrated a classic question in American politics: what is the appropriate role for the Supreme Court? The dilemma is between judicial activism, the Court's willingness to make significant changes in public policy, and judicial restraint, the Court's willi

Contents

Introduction: A Five-Week Election Night Ends Up in the Supreme Court -- The Supreme Court: Law or Politics? -- The Historical Dimension of the Dilemma -- The Democratic Dimension of the Dilemma: Unelected Policymaking -- The Institutional Dimension of the Dilemma: Constitutional and Self-Imposed Limitations -- The Judicial Capacity Dimension of the Dilemma: Does the Supreme Court Have the Ability to Make Policy? -- The Individual Dimension of the Dilemma: The Bases for Decisions -- Toward Resolving the Dilemma: A Return to the Recent Past