Overruled?: Legislative Overrides, Pluralism, and Contemporary Court-Congress Relations

by Jeb Barnes

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Since the mid-1970s, Congress has passed hundreds of overrides-laws that explicitly seek to reverse or modify judicial interpretations of statutes. Whether front-page news or not, overrides serve potentially vital functions in American policy-making. Federal statutes-and court cases interpreting them-often require revision. Some are ambiguous, some conflict, and others are obsolete. Under these circumstances, overrides promise Congress a means...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0804748837

ISBN13:9780804748834

Release Date:February 2004

Publisher:Stanford University Press

Length:219 Pages

Weight:0.97 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"

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