02480nam a2200337Ia 4500 ebr10070372 CaPaEBR 20260707175029.0 m u cr cn||||||||| 040315s2004 cau sb 001 0 eng d 0804747369 0804750270 CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)70730166 KF4565 .C36 2004eb 342.73/044 22 91489 71366 Campbell, Thomas, 1952- 116145 Separation of powers in practice [electronic resource] / Tom Campbell. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c2004. x, 235 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Synopsis of the advantages of the separate branches of government -- Rules of the legislative process -- Statutory construction : the courts review the work of the legislature -- Stare decisis : the self-imposed constraint by the judicial branch not shared by the other branches -- The proper roles of government : the case of obnoxious speech -- The exclusionary rule : when is a matter constitutional, when is it only policy? -- Affirmative action : the use of race by government -- The Fiesta Bowl : unintended consequences of judicial and legislative activism -- Defining constitutional rights : Roe v. Wade -- The Civil Rights Act of 1992 : the burden of proof as a judicial function used to achieve a legislative result -- Two statutes, a hundred years apart : when court interpretation changes between and after two separate legislative acts -- When the Supreme Court does not do its job : the Second Amendment -- Methods of solving disputes between (and within) the branches of federal government : legislative vetoes, delegation to agencies, courts' equity powers -- Another method of solving interbranch disputes : legislators going to court to sue the executive branch. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. Separation of powers United States. 22821 Separation of powers United States Cases. 116146 Electronic books. local 190 ebrary, Inc. 191 http://site.ebrary.com/lib/strathmore/Doc?id=10070372 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 91489 71366