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

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

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Coan, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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

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