| Description |
xxii, 413 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The history of ideas : from Aristotle's theory of a mixed constitution to John Adams's modifications of Montesquieu -- Article III of the Constitution of the United States -- Virginia : constitutionalizing judicial independence prior to the U.S. Constitution -- Massachusetts : a "safety-valve" theory of judicial independence -- New Hampshire : judicial review in the Rockingham County inferior court -- Maryland : Chancellor Theodorick Bland and salaries that "ought to be secured" -- Connecticut : disestablishment and judicial independence -- Rhode Island : last bastion of legislative supremacy -- North Carolina : Governor Thomas Burke and the origins of judicial review -- South Carolina : judicial review without an independent judiciary -- New Jersey : the first state court precedent for judicial review -- New York : persistent threats to judicial independence -- Pennsylvania : (almost) adopting the federal model -- Delaware : a high court of errors and appeals -- Georgia : ineffective and dependent judges -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
A Distinct Judicial Power: The Origins of an Independent Judiciary, 1606-1787 , by Scott Douglas Gerber, provides the first comprehensive critical analysis of the origins of judicial independence in the United States |
| Notes |
Formerly CIP. Uk |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [363]-396) and index |
| Subject |
Judges -- United States.
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Judicial independence -- United States -- History.
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Judicial power -- United States.
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| LC no. |
2010031838 |
| ISBN |
0199765871 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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019978096X (e-book) |
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9780199765874 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780199780969 (ebook) |
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