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Title Precedent in the United States Supreme Court / Christopher J. Peters, editor
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 231 pages) : color illustrations
Series Ius Gentium, 1534-6781 ; volume 33
Ius gentium (Dordrecht, Netherlands) ; v. 33. 1534-6781
Contents Introduction / Christopher J. Peters -- The Dialectic of Stare Decisis Doctrine / Colin Starger -- Did Casey Strike Out? Following and Overruling Constitutional Precedents in the Supreme Court / Larry Alexander -- An Epistemic Defense of Precedent / Deborah Hellman -- Private-Rights Litigation and the Normative Foundations of Durable Constitutional Precedent / Maxwell L. Stearns -- Group Formation and Precedent / Neal Devins -- Stare Decisis and the Selection Effect / Frederick Schauer -- Methodological Stare Decisis and Constitutional Interpretation / Chad M. Oldfather -- Constitutional Method and the Path of Precedent / Randy J. Kozel -- Originalism, Stare Decisis, and Constitutional Authority / Christopher J. Peters
Summary This volume presents a variety of both normative and descriptive perspectives on the use of precedent by the United States Supreme Court. It brings together a diverse group of American legal scholars, some of whom have been influenced by the Segal/Spaeth "attitudinal" model and some of whom have not. The group of contributors includes legal theorists and empiricists, constitutional lawyers and legal generalists, leading authorities and up-and-coming scholars. The book addresses questions such as how the Court establishes durable precedent, how the Court decides to overrule precedent, the effects of precedent on case selection, the scope of constitutional precedent, the influence of concurrences and dissents, and the normative foundations of constitutional precedent. Most of these questions have been addressed by the Court itself only obliquely, if at all. The volume will be valuable to readers both in the United States and abroad, particularly in light of ongoing debates over the role of precedent in civil-law nations and emerging legal systems
Analysis politicologie
political science
recht
law
filosofie
philosophy
grondwet
constitution and law
Law (General)
Recht (algemeen)
Notes Includes index
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 17, 2014)
Subject United States. Supreme Court.
SUBJECT United States. Supreme Court fast
Subject Stare decisis -- United States
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Stare decisis
United States of America.
Supreme court.
Judicial review of legislation.
Stare decisis.
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Peters, Christopher J., editor
ISBN 9789400779518
9400779518
940077950X
9789400779501