Measuring judicial activism / Stefanie A. Lindquist, Frank B. Cross. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xii, 176 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The political and academic debate over judicial activism -- Identifying judicial activisim -- Judicial review of federal statutes -- Judicial review of state and local laws -- Judicial review of executive branch actions -- Justiciability and judicial activism -- Overruling Supreme Court precedents -- A multidimensional view of judicial activism.

9780195370850 (hardback : acidfree paper) 0195370856 (hardback : acidfree paper)

2008050035


United States. Supreme Court.


Political questions and judicial power--United States.
Judicial review--United States.

KF 8742 / M484 2009

347.73