One of the ways in which the American constitution is unique among the world's mature democracies is the vesting of the power of constitutional review in the ordinary courts rather than in a specialized constitutional body. Baude uses frank, understandable language to explain the relationship between the constition and our rule of law. Without technical jurisdictional jargon, Baude is able to survey historical cases to analyze Article III, section 2 of the United States Constitution. However, Baude's work is vastly different from analytical works based on philosophical and technicalities of judicial jurisdiction. This work explores the relationship between the two, without drawing on the covert ideological premises of legal liberalism.

Judicial Jurisdiction Reviews

Focusing only on those aspects of the topic that are directly tied to the provision of Article III, section 2, of the US Constitution as opposed to legislatively created issues, Baude examines the development of federal jurisdiction in the United States and examines jurisdiction controversies through American history into the present. About half the work is devoted to historical narrative tracing jurisdiction from the Constitutional Convention through the 1988 Supreme Court decision in Webster v. Doe, concerning the right of the courts to review an employee dismissal decision of the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The remainder of the text is devoted to analysis of the constitutional law of federal jurisdiction. * Reference & Research Book News *

About Patrick Baude

Patrick Baude is Fuchs Professor of Law at Indiana University, Bloomington, where he has taught constitutional law since 1968. He has also taught at the University of Illinois, the University of Paris, and Warsaw University. His research involves various aspects of federalism, focused on federal courts and state constitutions. He has also been special counsel to the Governor of Indiana and President of the Indiana Board of Law Examiners. He holds a J.D. from the University of Kansas and a Master of Law from Harvard.

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Sku

NPB9780313312045

ISBN 13

9780313312045

ISBN 10

0313312044

Title

Judicial Jurisdiction: A Reference Guide to the United States Constitution by Patrick Baude

Author

Patrick Baude

Series

Reference Guides to the United States Constitution

Condition

New

Binding type

Hardback

Publisher

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Year published

2007-02-28

Number of pages

154

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N/A

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