Politics and constitutionalism : the Louis Fisher connection

Author(s)

• Spitzer, Robert J.

Bibliographic Information

Politics and constitutionalism : the Louis Fisher connection

edited by Robert J. Spitzer

（SUNY series in American constitutionalism）

State University of New York, c2000

• alk. paper
• pbk. : alk. paper

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-272) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Politics and Constitutionalism presents a collection of eight original essays by leading political science and law scholars, organized to recognize and analyze Louis Fisher's prolific and important body of work. The essays explore the role of all three branches of government in shaping constitutional meaning and institutional behavior, noting that the courts do not have sole interpretive power. This principle is applied to such topics as the dynamic of key court rulings, federalism, war powers, diplomacy, government secrecy, and the impact of the legal community on constitutional interpretation. The book's contributors also turn renewed attention to the study of American institutions as the fountainhead of political analysis, a movement in which Fisher has been a pioneer. Fisher himself contributes a summative essay. Contributors include David Gray Adler, Dean Alfange, Jr., Neal Devins, Louis Fisher, Michael J. Glennon, Loch K. Johnson, Nancy Kassop, and Robert J. Spitzer.

Table of Contents

Preface 1. Introduction Robert J. Spitzer 2. The Last Word Debate Revisited Neal Devins 3. Diplomacy, Foreign Affairs, and Coordinate Review Michael J. Glennon 4. The Courts and the Political Branches: Interpretation, Accommodation, and Autonomy Nancy Kassop 5. Judicial Power, Coordinate Construction, and Presidential Warmaking David Gray Adler 6. The Supreme Court and Federalism: Yesterday and Today Dean Alfange Jr. 7. Probing Government Secrecy: Louis Fisher and the Hidden Side of Government Loch K. Johnson 8. Saving the Constitution from Lawyers Robert J. Spitzer 9. Commentary Louis Fisher Appendix: Bibliography of Louis Fisher's Publications Contributors Case Index Subject and Name Index

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Details

• NCID: BA50520935
• ISBN:
  • 0791446395
  • 0791446409
• LCCN: 99049908
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: x, 285 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : KF4550.A2
  • DC21 : 320.473
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Constitutional law -- United States
  • LCSH : Fisher, Louis
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA36028741