Reclaiming the Federal Courts
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| Rating | : | 4.97 (881 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674750071 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 308 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-19 |
| Language | : | English |
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Yackle is a Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law . Larry W
His concrete, constructive suggestions for legislative reform should be given the most serious consideration by Congress and constitutional scholars. (Nadine Strossen President, American Civil Liberties Union, and Professor of Law, New York Law School)Everyone interested in the fate of individual rights in this country should read Larry Yackle's superb book. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit)Former Supreme Court Justice William Brennan, Jr., once wrote, 'We like to believe that wherever the fede
"A very ideologically liberal account, but very important" according to Tung Yin. The author, Larry Yackle, a professor of law at Boston University, is a passionate and articulate defender of liberal values such as expansive federal habeas corpus, easy access to federal courts, the relaxation of rules on "standing" (which governs who may assert a cause of action), and so on.The essential question here, which spans all of
That may seem to be your right, but as Larry Yackle reveals in Reclaiming the Federal Courts, the guardians of that right don't see it that way. A systematic study of the role the federal courts play in enforcing the Constitution, this powerful book shows how the current conservative Supreme Court has undermined that role by restricting citizens' access to these courts.Yackle focuses on judicially created doctrines that channel certain cases away from the federal courts (which tend to hold government power in check) and into state courts (which tend to allow government a relatively free hand). As he traces the historical underpinnings of the federal judicial system, Yackle explains how access to the federal courts in federal-question cases is intertwined with the