The U.S. Supreme Court and New Federalism: From the Rehnquist to the Roberts Court

by Christopher P. Banks and John C. Blakeman

Book Overview

Constitutional scholars Christopher P. Banks and John C. Blakeman offer the most current and the first book-length study of the U.S. Supreme Court's "new federalism" begun by the Rehnquist Court and now flourishing under Chief Justice John Roberts. Using descriptive and empirical methods in political science and legal scholarship, and informed by diverse approaches to judicial ideology, from historical to new institutionalist, they investigate how...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742535045
• ISBN13: 9780742535046
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 362 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: All ages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher