This major history of judicial review, revised to include the Rehnquist court, shows how modern courts have used their power to create new "rights with fateful

When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits. John Rutledge stepped do

Explores the English origins of the principles of judicial review in common law jurisdictions and autochthonous pressures for their adaptation.

This two-volume set gives an account of the origins and growth of judicial review in the democratic countries of the G-20 from its beginnings in the United Stat

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