A Court Divided: The Rehnquist Court And the Future of Constitutional Law - Brossura

Tushnet, Mark V.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393327574 ISBN 13: 9780393327571

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 2005

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A penetrating exploration of the Supreme Court and its dynamics on the eve of Justice Rehnquist's retirement cites the division between its liberals and conservatives, documenting how the Court has promoted the economic agenda of today's conservatives while regularly defeating conservative social issues. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.

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In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court; and the nation; hanging in the balance. Many have assumed that the chasm on the Court has been between its liberals and its conservatives. In reality, the division was between those in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican Party and those who, though considered to be in the Court's center, represent an older Republican tradition. As a result, the Court has modestly promoted the agenda of today's economic conservatives, but has regularly defeated the agenda of social issues conservatives; while paving the way for more radically conservative path in the future.

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• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0393327574
• ISBN 13: 9780393327571
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 398