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Understanding Supreme Court Opinions
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-321-42410-5 (ISBN)
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Preface
Introduction
About the Author
Part 1
Chapter 1 The Supreme Court: Policy Maker and Teacher
Constitutional Conflicts
An Overview of the Constitution
Getting the Supreme Court to Play Its Role
Basic Features of a Supreme Court Opinion
Practice Pointers
Chapter 2 The Constitution in a Nutshell
The Court as Supervisor of the Boundaries of Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Authority (The First Feature)
The Court as Umpire of Federal-State Relations (The Second Feature)
The Court as Supervisor of Government’s Relationship to the Individual (The Third Feature)
The Court as Enforcer of Government Evenhandedness: Equal Protection (The Fourth Feature)
The Court as Supervisor of Government’s Relationship with Religion (The Fifth Feature)
Constitutionality of Federal and State Law: An Addendum
Practice Pointers
Chapter 3 Opinion Writing in the Supreme Court
Writing a Supreme Court Opinion: The General Problem
Constraints and Expectations
Conclusion
Practice Pointers
Part 2
Chapter 4 The Legal Materials Used in Building a Constitutional Opinion
Originalism and Nonoriginalism
Liberalism and Conservatism
Judicial Activism and Deference
The Opinions of Chief Justice Marshall: An Addendum
Practice Pointers
Chapter 5 Tests or Standards of Review
Tests in General
Selected Examples of Tests
Tests and the Illusion of Certainty
Practice Pointers
Chapter 6 Precedent
A Terminological Interlude
The English Doctrine of Precedent
The Theory of the Doctrine of Precedent
The Doctrine of Precedent (Stare Decisis) in the Supreme Court
More on Distinguishing Precedent
Expanding the Meaning of Precedent
Working with Conflicting Lines of Precedent
The Effects of Narrow and Broad Readings of Precedent: An Addendum
Practice Pointers
Chapter 7 Strategies of Justification
The Syllogism and Deductive Reasoning
Deduction, Originalism, and Nonoriginalism: The Illusion of Certainty
Deduction and The Analogy
Deduction and Balancing
Judicial Disagreements
Conclusion
Addendum: A Closer Look at Deduction (Optional)
Practice Pointers
Part 3
Chapter 8 Understanding a Supreme Court Opinion
The Facts
The Majority Opinion
Concurring and Dissenting Opinions
The Dynamics of Opinion Writing
Reading and Interpreting Supreme Court Opinions
Table of Cases
Index
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 8.8.2006 |
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Verlagsort | New York |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 162 x 235 mm |
Gewicht | 254 g |
Themenwelt | Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
ISBN-10 | 0-321-42410-7 / 0321424107 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-321-42410-5 / 9780321424105 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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