US Supreme Court doctrine in the state high courts /
"The role of precedent in the law is complicated. One the one hand, it forms the basis of common law. Adherence to precedent, a doctrine known as stare decisis, forms the foundation that allows for the fundamental principles of stability and uniformity in the law to be built. As the Supreme Cou...
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050 | 0 | 0 | |a KF8736 |b .F59 2020 |
100 | 1 | |a Fix, Michael P, |d 1980- |e author | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a US Supreme Court doctrine in the state high courts / |c Michael P. Fix (Georgia State University), Benjamin J. Kassow (University of North Dakota) |
246 | 3 | |a U.S. Supreme Court doctrine in the state high courts | |
246 | 3 | |a United States Supreme Court doctrine in the state high courts | |
260 | |a Cambridge, United Kingdom ; |a New York, NY, USA : |b Cambridge University Press, |c 2020 | ||
300 | |a xxv, 182 pages : |b illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; |c 24 cm | ||
504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-177) and index | ||
505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The role of precedent : a brief history -- A theory of state high court usage of US Supreme Court precedent -- Conceptualizing and measuring how state high courts use US Supreme Court opinions -- State high court responses to Atkins v. Virginia : characterized by flexibility -- State high court usage of Lemon v. Kurtzman : examining a case of maximum discretion -- State high court usage of District of Columbia v. Heller and McDonald v. City of Chicago : moderate degrees of flexibility -- Concluding thoughts and future extensions | |
520 | |a "The role of precedent in the law is complicated. One the one hand, it forms the basis of common law. Adherence to precedent, a doctrine known as stare decisis, forms the foundation that allows for the fundamental principles of stability and uniformity in the law to be built. As the Supreme Court itself has stated, Stare decisis is the preferred course because it promotes the evenhanded, predictable, and consistent development of legal principles, fosters reliance on judicial decisions, and contributes to the actual and perceived integrity of the judicial process"-- |c Provided by the publisher | ||
610 | 1 | 0 | |a United States. |b Supreme Court |x Influence |
650 | 0 | |a Courts of last resort |z United States |x States | |
650 | 0 | |a Judicial process |z United States |x States | |
650 | 0 | |a Stare decisis |z United States | |
650 | 0 | |a Federal government |z United States | |
700 | 1 | |a Kassow, Benjamin, |e author | |
776 | 0 | 8 | |i Online version: |a Fix, Michael P, 1980- U.S. Supreme Court doctrine in the state high court. |d New York : Cambridge University Press, 2020. |z 9781108891141 |w (DLC) 2020009496 |
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