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The Aristocracy of the Long Robe: The Origins of Judicial Review in America
The author's analysis indicates that the Court's assumption of the power of judicial review was neither inevitable politically nor the logical result of the founders desire to limit government and protect the rights of individuals against interferences by public authority.
| Author(s) | By J. M. Sosin. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 369 |
| Published in | United States |
| Published | 26 Sept 1989 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
The author's analysis indicates that the Court's assumption of the power of judicial review was neither inevitable politically nor the logical result of the founders desire to limit government and protect the rights of individuals against interferences by public authority.
Introduction Institutional Origins of Anglo-American Courts Common Law and Its Early Practitioners Rivals of the Common Law Coke and the Nature of Judicial Power Judges, Parliament, and Royal Prerogative, 1603-1649 Restoration Monarchy and the Judic
J.M. SOSIN is a History Professor at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. He is the author of several books dealing with the American Revolution and the administrative and political history of the English empire in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
