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Charles Gardne Geyh - When Courts and Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System - 9780472069224 - V9780472069224
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When Courts and Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

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Description for When Courts and Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System Paperback. While Congress fights tooth and nail over countless judicial nominations, no federal judge has ever been impeached on the basis of their decision making. This book suggests that the explanation for this incongruity is not the balance of powers, but a dynamic equilibrium. It is suitable for students of American government, Congress and the courts. Num Pages: 352 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQB; LNAA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.

"This is quite simply the best study of judicial independence that I have ever read; it is erudite, historically aware, and politically astute."
---Malcolm M. Feeley, Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley

"Professor Geyh has written a wise and timely book that is informed by the author's broad and deep experience working with the judicial and legislative branches, by the insights of law, history and political science, and by an appreciation of theory and common sense."
---Stephen B. Burbank, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Ann Arbor, United States
ISBN
9780472069224
SKU
V9780472069224
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99-50

About Charles Gardne Geyh
Charles Gardner Geyh is John F. Kimberling Professor of Law at Indiana University at Bloomington. He has served as director of the American Judicature Society's Center for Judicial Independence and counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Reviews for When Courts and Congress Collide: The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System
As gripping for its historical insight as for its relevance in our world of contentious confirmation hearings and threats - real or perceived - against judicial independence. - Harvard Law Review ""Making a strong argument that our independent judiciary derives more from intrabranch and interbranch norms than from the text of the Constitution, the book raises some well-timed concerns about ... Read more

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