Rationing the Constitution : : How Judicial Capacity Shapes Supreme Court Decision-Making / / Andrew Coan.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English
• VerfasserIn: Coan, Andrew,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]; ©2019
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Introduction --; I. UNDERSTANDING JUDICIAL CAPACITY --; 1. Structural and Normative Underpinnings --; 2. The Judicial Capacity Model --; 3. Refining the Model --; 4. Testing the Model --; II. THE JUDICIAL CAPACITY MODEL APPLIED --; Federalism --; 5. The Commerce Power --; 6. The Spending Power --; Separation of Powers --; 7. The Nondelegation Doctrine --; 8. Presidential Administration --; Individual Rights --; 9. Equal Protection --; 10. Takings --; III. POSITIVE AND NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS --; 11. Judicial Capacity and the Constitutional Choice Set --; 12. Judicial Capacity and Judicial Competence --; 13. Judicial Capacity and Judicial Independence --; Conclusion --; Appendix: Methods --; Notes --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780674239180; 9783110610765; 9783110664232; 9783110610130; 9783110606249; 9783110652031
• DOI: 10.4159/9780674239180
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Andrew Coan.

Compared to the vast machinery surrounding Congress and the president, the Supreme Court is a tiny institution that can resolve only a small fraction of the constitutional issues that arise in any given year. Andrew Coan shows that this simple yet frequently ignored fact is essential to understanding how the Supreme Court makes constitutional law.