米国・オーストラリア・カナダにおける裁判所と連邦制 Courts and Federalism : Judicial Doctrine in the United States, Australia, and Canada (Law and Society)

Baier, Gerald

University of British Columbia Press（2006/05発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 224 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780774812351
• DDC分類 321.02097

Full Description

Courts and Federalism examines recent developments in thejudicial review of federalism in the United States, Australia, andCanada. Through detailed surveys of these three countries, Gerald Baierclearly demonstrates that understanding judicial doctrine is key tounderstanding judicial power in a federation. Baier offers overwhelmingevidence of doctrine's formative role in division-of-powerdisputes and its positive contribution to the operation of a federalsystem. Courts and Federalism urges political scientists totake courts and judicial reasoning more seriously in their accounts offederal government.

Courts and Federalism will appeal to readers interested inthe comparative study of law and government as well as the interactionof law and federalism in contemporary society.

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Judicial Doctrine as an Independent Variable in Federalism

2. A Brief History of Federalism Doctrine in Practice

3. The US Supreme Court: Revived Federalism

4. The Australian High Court: Legalistic Federalism

5. The Canadian Supreme Court: Balanced Federalism

Conclusion



Notes

Bibliography

Index