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Rationing the Constitution : How Judicial Capacity Shapes Supreme Court Decision-Making / Andrew Coan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2019]Copyright date: ©2019Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674986954
  • 9780674239180
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/26504 23
LOC classification:
  • KF4550 .C557 2019
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. UNDERSTANDING JUDICIAL CAPACITY -- 1. Structural and Normative Underpinnings -- 2. The Judicial Capacity Model -- 3. Refining the Model -- 4. Testing the Model -- II. THE JUDICIAL CAPACITY MODEL APPLIED -- Federalism -- 5. The Commerce Power -- 6. The Spending Power -- Separation of Powers -- 7. The Nondelegation Doctrine -- 8. Presidential Administration -- Individual Rights -- 9. Equal Protection -- 10. Takings -- III. POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS -- 11. Judicial Capacity and the Constitutional Choice Set -- 12. Judicial Capacity and Judicial Competence -- 13. Judicial Capacity and Judicial Independence -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Methods -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
Summary: Compared to the vast machinery surrounding Congress and the president, the Supreme Court is a tiny institution that can resolve only a small fraction of the constitutional issues that arise in any given year. Andrew Coan shows that this simple yet frequently ignored fact is essential to understanding how the Supreme Court makes constitutional law.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. UNDERSTANDING JUDICIAL CAPACITY -- 1. Structural and Normative Underpinnings -- 2. The Judicial Capacity Model -- 3. Refining the Model -- 4. Testing the Model -- II. THE JUDICIAL CAPACITY MODEL APPLIED -- Federalism -- 5. The Commerce Power -- 6. The Spending Power -- Separation of Powers -- 7. The Nondelegation Doctrine -- 8. Presidential Administration -- Individual Rights -- 9. Equal Protection -- 10. Takings -- III. POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS -- 11. Judicial Capacity and the Constitutional Choice Set -- 12. Judicial Capacity and Judicial Competence -- 13. Judicial Capacity and Judicial Independence -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Methods -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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Compared to the vast machinery surrounding Congress and the president, the Supreme Court is a tiny institution that can resolve only a small fraction of the constitutional issues that arise in any given year. Andrew Coan shows that this simple yet frequently ignored fact is essential to understanding how the Supreme Court makes constitutional law.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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