Will ignorance & partisan election of judges undermine public trust in the judiciary
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9685783 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kathleen Hall Jamieson (0000-0002-4167-3688, The Centers, corresponding author), Bruce W Hardy (0000-0003-4852-7373, Bruce W. Hardy is a senior research analyst at the Annenberg Public Policy Center and a doctoral student at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania.) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 137 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 11-15 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Daedalus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-5266 • E-ISSN: 1548-6192 |
| Publisher | MIT Press - Journals (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1162/daed.2008.137.4.11 |
| OpenAlex | W2076063246 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain specified exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations. Disciplines Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration | Social and Behavioral Sciences This journal article is available at ScholarlyCommons: http://repository.upenn.edu/asc_papers/277 The complete independence of the courts of justice is peculiarly essential in a limited Constitution. By a limited Constitution, I understand one which contains certain speci1⁄2ed exceptions to the legislative authority; such, for instance, as that it shall pass no bills of attainder, no ex post facto laws, and the like. Limitations of this kind can be preserved in practice no other way than through the medium of courts of justice, whose duty it must be to declare all acts contrary to the manifest tenor of the Constitution void. Without this, all the reservations of particular rights or privileges would
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2025 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |