
Constitutional Dialogues
Interpretation as Political Process
Louis Fisher(Author)
Princeton University Press
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2016
Book
Hardback
318 pages
978-0-691-63417-3 (ISBN)
Description
Who makes constitutional law? Is constitutional doctrine the monopoly of the courts? In accessible and persuasive prose Louis Fisher explains that constitutional law is not solely or even primarily the Supreme Court's "final word" but rather a richly political convergence of separate interpretations. With a broad range of examples, he argues that constitutional principles emerge from a dialogue among all three branches of government--executive, legislative, and judicial. Important contributions also come from the states and the general public. Fisher identifies executive and legislative initiatives in many areas of constitutional significance. Where there is litigation, the Court generally upholds these initiatives or may avoid making a constitutional decision by using "threshold devices." On those rare occasions when the Supreme Court exercises judicial review and strikes down a presidential or congressional action, it is usually only a matter of time before the proposal is revived and the dialogue begins again. Originally published in 1988.
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Reviews / Votes
"Louis Fisher, one of our most eminent constitutional scholars, cogently argues in this book ... [that] Constitutional interpretation reaches beyond the courts-to the presidency, Congress, the states, and even the general public."--PerspectiveMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Dimensions
Height: 286 mm
Width: 221 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
1063 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-691-63417-3 (9780691634173)
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E-Book
07/2014
1st Edition
Princeton University Press
€52.99
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Person
Louis Fisher is scholar in residence at The Constitution Project in Washington, DC, and visiting scholar at the William and Mary Law School. From 1970 to 2010 he served in the Library of Congress as senior specialist in separation of powers at Congressional Research Service and specialist in constitutional law at the Law Library. His many books include Constitutional Conflicts between Congress and the President, Sixth Edition, Revised; Presidential War Power, Third Edition, Revised; Military Tribunals and Presidential Power, winner of the Richard E. Neustadt Award; and Supreme Court Expansion of Presidential Power, all from Kansas.
Content
*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*Acknowledgments, pg. ix*Introduction, pg. 1*1. Public Law and Politics, pg. 9*2. The Doctrine of Judicial Review, pg. 44*3. Threshold Requirements: Husbanding Power and Prestige, pg. 85*4. Judicial Organization, pg. 119*5. Decisionmaking: Process and Strategy, pg. 162*6. Efforts to Curb the Court, pg. 200*7. Coordinate Construction, pg. 231*Conclusion, pg. 275*Suggested Readings, pg. 281*Index of Cases, pg. 291*General Index, pg. 303