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Title
  • America's prophets : how judicial activism makes America great / David R. Dow.
Author
Dow, David R.
Publication
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.

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xv, 165 p. : ill.; 25 cm.
Subject
  • Judges > Political aspects > United States
  • Judicial review > United States
  • Political questions and judicial power > United States
  • United States > Politics and government
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
What exactly is judicial activism? -- A short history of "activist" judges -- Griswold v. Connecticut and the rise of judicial prophecy -- Prophetic interpretation of biblical law -- The idea of American law -- Contemporary problems for the activist judge : race, religion, same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia.
ISBN
  • 9780313377082 (alk. paper)
  • 0313377081 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2008051399
OCLC
276515131
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library