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Author Hurl, Ryan

Title Judicial Power and Institutional Constraints : a Comparison of Canadian and American Courts
Published El Paso : LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (312 pages)
Series Law and Society
Recht und Gesellschaft.
Contents List of Tables; Chapter One: Introduction; Chapter Two: The Institutional Limits of Judicial Politics; Chapter Three: Constitutional Constraints and IndIAN Law inCanada and the United States; Chapter FOUR: The Limits of Environmental LAW in Canadaand the United States; Chapter Five: Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary Hurl argues that the impact of law and politics on judicial decision making is dependent upon the broader institutional environments that courts operate within. Through an examination environmental and Indian law decisions, he explores how judicial power in Canada and the United States is shaped by the constitutional structure of the two regimes. His work is based on an analysis of environmental and Indian law decisions decided by the Supreme Courts of Canada and the United States between 1985 and 2008, supplemented by an analysis of environmental policy cases decided by American and Canadian
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-290) and index
Notes English
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Subject Judicial power -- United States
Political questions and judicial power -- United States
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Environmental law -- United States
Judicial power -- Canada
Political questions and judicial power -- Canada
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Canada
Environmental law -- Canada
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Environmental law
Indians of North America -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Judicial power
Political questions and judicial power
Canada
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2010019615
ISBN 9781593326500
1593326505