Courts and Federalism: Judicial Doctrine in the United States, Australia, and Canada (Law and Society)
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Gerald Baier (Author)
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Courts and Federalism examines recent developments in thejudicial review of federalism in the United States, Australia, andCanada. Through detailed surveys of these three countries, Gerald Baierclearly demonstrates that understanding judicial doctrine is key tounderstanding judicial power in a federation. Baier offers overwhelmingevidence of doctrine's formative role in division-of-powerdisputes and its positive contribution to the operation of a federalsystem. Courts and Federalism urges political scientists totake courts and judicial reasoning more seriously in their accounts offederal government.
Courts and Federalism will appeal to readers interested inthe comparative study of law and government as well as the interactionof law and federalism in contemporary society.
About the Author
Gerald Baier is a professor in the Department ofPolitical Science at the University of British Columbia.
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- Contributor: Gerald Baier
- Imprint: University of British Columbia Press
- ISBN13: 9780774812368
- Number of Pages: 224
- Packaged Dimensions: 159x235mm
- Packaged Weight: 340
- Format: Paperback
- Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
- Release Date: 2007-01-01
- Series: Law and Society
- Binding: Paperback / softback
- Biography: Gerald Baier is a professor in the Department ofPolitical Science at the University of British Columbia.
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