Author: Horace A. Davis

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Published: 2015-07-11

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781331150220

Excerpt from The Judicial Veto The three essays on judicial review which make up this book contribute each its share to the conclusion that deciding the constitutionality of statutes is a political and not a legal function. The tendency of courts as well as laymen to disregard this fundamental principle and to view the whole subject as a branch of jurisprudence has led to an intolerable political situation. That some change will be made becomes increasingly evident. The conviction that the subject, technical though it may be, is of vital and immediate importance to the body politic is my reason for publishing these essays. The first chapter attempts to sketch in untechnical language the present situation and the present tendency; the second proposes a common-sense remedy; the third is an historical study of the origin of judicial review in the federal Supreme Court. Under a strictly logical arrangement, the historical essay should come first; but its value is almost wholly academic, and it seemed better to give the more practical essays precedence. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.