Judicial power in a federal system : Canada, United States and Germany / Cristina M. Ruggiero.
Ruggiero provides a systematic evaluation of the?interdependent nature? of judicial power within three federal systems. She seeks to answer the question: Why are some high courts more powerful than others? By integrating strategic assumptions about the behavior of courts and other political actors a...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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El Paso :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2012.
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| Series: | Law and society (New York, N.Y.)
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| Summary: | Ruggiero provides a systematic evaluation of the?interdependent nature? of judicial power within three federal systems. She seeks to answer the question: Why are some high courts more powerful than others? By integrating strategic assumptions about the behavior of courts and other political actors and by employing a comparative, historical analysis of court policy-making and legislative responses to said policy-making, Ruggiero tests and refines concepts of court influence as?interdependent?. She finds that the influence of high courts and their decisions are shaped both by?intrinsic? insti. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 334 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781593326081 1593326084 159332443X 9781593324438 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |