American politicians confront the court : opposition politics and changing responses to judicial power / Stephen M. Engel
- Author:
- Engel, Stephen M.
- Published:
- Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
- Physical Description:
- x, 395 pages ; 25 cm
- Contents:
- 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.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780521192958 (hardback : alk. paper)
0521192951 (hardback : alk. paper)
9780521153980 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0521153980 (pbk. : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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