The federal judiciary strengths and weaknesses

"No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. He exposes the failures of the institution designed by the founders to check congressional and presidential power and resist its abuse, a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Posner, Richard A., autor (autor)
Formato: Libro
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press 2017
Materias:
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Conté: Introduction: noting weaknesses and strengths, and proposing a new research agenda
  • Some weaknesses of our legal system mistakenly denied by a critic
  • Tier One of the federal judiciary: the Supreme Court
  • Tier Two of the federal judiciary: the federal courts of appeals
  • Tier Three of the federal judiciary: the federal district courts
  • Civil litigation revisited
  • Conclusion