Overview

The Supreme Court is often portrayed as an isolated entity void of politics that reaches judgments by some unseen and unkowable logic. At the same time, Congress is cast as a singularly political enterprise with little regard for nuanced lawmaking. This volume of essays shows both branches in a new light. The essays explore the impact of sustained partisan politics, the reassertion of legislative power at the expense of judicial review and the sometimes stormy relationship between Congress and the Court.

Full Product Details

Author:   Colton C. Campbell ,  John F. Stack, Jr. ,  Thomas L. Brunell ,  Louis Fisher
Publisher:   Rowman & Littlefield
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 23.70cm
Weight:   0.358kg
ISBN:  

9780742501386

ISBN 10:   0742501388
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   20 December 2000
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 List of Tables, Figures, Photos and Models Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Diverging Perspectives on Lawmaking: The Delicate Balance between Congress and the Court Part 5 Congressional Objection to Judicial Prerogative Chapter 6 Congressional Checks on the Judiciary Chapter 7 Separation of Powers and Judicial Impeachment Chapter 8 Congress and the Court: The Strange Case of Census 2000 Part 9 New Sources of Congressional-Judicial Confrontation Chapter 10 How the Republican War Over Judicial Activism Has Cost Congress Chapter 11 Congress, the Court, and Religious Liberty: The Case of Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith Chapter 12 The Least Dangerous Branch? The Supreme Court's New Judicial Activism Part 13 Toward Institutional Comity Chapter 14 When Do Courts Legislate ? Reflections on Congress and the Courts Chapter 15 Bibliography Chapter 16 Index Chapter 17 About the Contributors

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The collection is quite readable and will provide undergraduates and laypeople with a number of issues to think about. Political Studies Review Provides a nice summary of the judicial decisions that have excited such divisive popular reaction to the Rehnquist Court and the contours of recent legislative efforts to influence federal judicial decision making. Political Science Quarterly

The collection is quite readable and will provide undergraduates and laypeople with a number of issues to think about. Political Studies Provides a nice summary of the judicial decisions that have excited such divisive popular reaction to the Rehnquist Court and the contours of recent legislative efforts to influence federal judicial decision making. Political Science Quarterly

Author Information

Colton C. Campbell is assistant professor of political science at Florida International University and is currently a visiting assistant professor of political science at American University. He is the coeditor of New Majority or Old Minority? The Impact of Republicans on Congress. He served as an APSA Congressional Fellow in 1998-99 in the office of U.S. Senator Bob Graham (D-Fla.). John F. Stack, Jr. is professor of political science at Florida International University and director of the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy and Citizenship. He is the author of International Conflict in an American City: Boston's Irish, Italians, and Jews, 1935-1944, and editor of Ethnic Identities in Transnational World; Policy Choices: Critical Issues in American Foreign Policy; The Primordial Challenge: Ethnicity in the Contemporary World, and The Ethnic Entanglement.

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