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Justice Kennedy's Jurisprudence: The Full and Necessary Meaning of Liberty
Frank J. Colucci
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Description for Justice Kennedy's Jurisprudence: The Full and Necessary Meaning of Liberty
Hardcover. To understand today's Supreme Court, it is essential to understand the judicial philosophy of its swing vote. For twenty years, Justice Anthony M Kennedy has voted with the majority more than any of his colleagues. This title shows that Kennedy rejects theories of originalism and judicial restraint. Num Pages: 264 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH; LNAA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
To understand today's Supreme Court, it is essential to understand the judicial philosophy of its swing vote. For twenty years, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has voted with the majority more than any of his colleagues. He has provided the deciding vote in cases involving politically charged issues such as affirmative action, the 2000 presidential election, religious expression, gay rights, and executive power to detain suspected terrorists. With a record reliably neither liberal nor conservative, Kennedy has generally been viewed as a capricious, indecisive moderate. Frank Colucci, however, argues that Kennedy indeed displays a coherent approach to constitutional interpretation. Colucci digs ... Read more
To understand today's Supreme Court, it is essential to understand the judicial philosophy of its swing vote. For twenty years, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy has voted with the majority more than any of his colleagues. He has provided the deciding vote in cases involving politically charged issues such as affirmative action, the 2000 presidential election, religious expression, gay rights, and executive power to detain suspected terrorists. With a record reliably neither liberal nor conservative, Kennedy has generally been viewed as a capricious, indecisive moderate. Frank Colucci, however, argues that Kennedy indeed displays a coherent approach to constitutional interpretation. Colucci digs ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Kansas, United States
ISBN
9780700616626
SKU
V9780700616626
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About Frank J. Colucci
Frank J. Colucci is assistant professor of political science at Purdue University - Calumet.
Reviews for Justice Kennedy's Jurisprudence: The Full and Necessary Meaning of Liberty
Justice Kennedy now stands at the center of the Court and is pivotal to many of its most important decisions. Colucci's study provides a penetrating and much needed look at this critical figure in modern American politics. Keith E. Whittington, author of Constitutional Interpretation: Textual Meaning, Original Intent, and Judicial Review ""A carefully crafted, comprehensive, and provocative account of Justice ... Read more