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Distinct Judicial Power

The Origins of an Independent Judiciary, 1606-1787

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-0-19-976587-4
Verlag: OUP US
Erscheinungstermin: 27.05.2011
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Provides the first comprehensive exegesis of the origins of judicial independence in the United States
Brings together a wealth of information (charters, instructions, statutes, etc.) about the judicial power between 1606 and 1787, and sometimes beyond, which allows the reader to more easily understand the concepts
Discusses pre-Marbury v. Madison precedents for judicial review, including several previously unknown precedents
Articulates a new theory about the origins of judicial review: one that emphasizes the connection between judicial review and the rise of judicial independence
Provides a devastating critique of popular constitutionalism, an influential theory of constitutional interpretation that argues that judicial review should be drastically limited or eliminated altogether

A Distinct Judicial Power: The Origins of an Independent Judiciary, 1606-1787, by Scott Douglas Gerber, provides the first comprehensive critical analysis of the origins of judicial independence in the United States. Part I examines the political theory of an independent judiciary. Gerber begins chapter 1 by tracing the intellectual origins of a distinct judicial power from Aristotle's theory of a mixed constitution to John Adams's modifications of Montesquieu. Chapter 2 describes the debates during the framing and ratification of the federal Constitution regarding the independence of the federal judiciary. Part II, the bulk of the book, chronicles how each of the original thirteen states and their colonial antecedents treated their respective judiciaries. This portion, presented in thirteen separate chapters, brings together a wealth of information (charters, instructions, statutes, etc.) about the judicial power between 1606 and 1787, and sometimes beyond. Part III, the concluding segment, explores the influence the colonial and early state experiences had on the federal model that followed and on the nature of the regime itself.

It explains how the political theory of an independent judiciary examined in Part I, and the various experiences of the original thirteen states and their colonial antecedents chronicled in Part II, culminated in Article III of the U.S. Constitution. It also explains how the principle of judicial independence embodied by Article III made the doctrine of judicial review possible, and committed that doctrine to the protection of individual rights.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9780199765874
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-0-19-976587-4
  • Verlag: OUP US
  • Erscheinungstermin: 27.05.2011
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2011
  • Produktform: Gebunden, HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
  • Gewicht: 816 g
  • Seiten: 512
  • Format (B x H x T): 161 x 240 x 28 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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- Preface- A Note on Methodology- The Political Theory of an Independent Judiciary- 1: The History of Ideas: From Aristotle's Theory of a Mixed Constitution to John Adams's Modifications of Montesquieu- 2: Article III of the Constitution of the United States- II The Judicial Power in the Original Thirteen States and Their Colonial Antecedents- 3: Virginia: Constitutionalizing Judicial Independence Prior to the U.S. Constitution- 4: Massachusetts: A "Safety-Valve" Theory of Judicial Independence- 5: New Hampshire: Judicial Review in the Rockingham County Inferior Court- 6: Maryland: Chancellor Theodorick Bland and Salaries that "ought to be secured"- 7: Connecticut: Disestablishment and Judicial Independence- 8: Rhode Island: Last Bastion of Legislative Supremacy- 9: North Carolina: Governor Thomas Burke and the Origins of Judicial Review- 10: South Carolina: Judicial Review without an Independent Judiciary- 11: New Jersey: The First State Court Precedent for Judicial Review- 12: New York: Persistent Threats to Judicial Independence- 13: Pennsylvania: (Almost) Adopting the Federal Model- 14: Delaware: A High Court of Errors and Appeals- 15: Georgia: Ineffective and Dependent Judges- Judicial Independence, Judicial Review, and Individual Rights- 16: Conclusion- Appendix: Popular Constitutionalism-The Contemporary Assault on Judicial Review- Works Cited- Index