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

by Jeb Barnes

Book Overview

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"