Judges and unjust laws : common law constitutionalism and the foundations of judicial review /

With keen insight into the common law mind, Edlin argues that there are rich resources within the law for judges to ground their opposition to morally outrageous laws, and a legal obligation on them to overturn it, consequent on the general common law obligation to develop the law. Thus, seriously u...

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Main Author:	Edlin, Douglas E.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University of Michigan Press, [2008]
Subjects:	Judicial review > United States. Judicial review > Great Britain. Judge-made law > United States. Judge-made law > Great Britain. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book