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A distinct judicial power
Scott Douglas Gerber

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A distinct judicial power
the origins of an independent judiciary, 1606-1787
Scott Douglas Gerber

Published 2011 by Oxford University Press in Oxford, New York, N.Y .
Written in English.

Table of Contents

The history of ideas : from Aristotle's theory of a mixed constitution to John Adams's modifications of Montesquieu
Article III of the Constitution of the United States
Virginia : constitutionalizing judicial independence prior to the U.S. Constitution
Massachusetts : a "safety-valve" theory of judicial independence
New Hampshire : judicial review in the Rockingham County inferior court
Maryland : Chancellor Theodorick Bland and salaries that "ought to be secured"
Connecticut : disestablishment and judicial independence
Rhode Island : last bastion of legislative supremacy
North Carolina : Governor Thomas Burke and the origins of judicial review
South Carolina : judicial review without an independent judiciary
New Jersey : the first state court precedent for judicial review
New York : persistent threats to judicial independence
Pennsylvania : (almost) adopting the federal model
Delaware : a high court of errors and appeals
Georgia : ineffective and dependent judges
Conclusion.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-396) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
347.73/12
Library of Congress
KF8775 .G47 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxii, 413 p. ;
Number of pages
413

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24892868M
ISBN 10
0199765871, 019978096X
ISBN 13
9780199765874, 9780199780969
LC Control Number
2010031838
OCLC/WorldCat
651012011

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