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A distinct judicial power : the origins of an independent judiciary, 1606-1787 / Scott Douglas Gerber.

Author: Gerber, Scott Douglas, 1961-

Imprint:Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, c2011.

Descriptionxxii, 413 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:The history of ideas : from Aristotle's theory of a mixed constitution to John Adams's modifications of Montesquieu -- Article III of the Constitution of the United States -- Virginia : constitutionalizing judicial independence prior to the U.S. Constitution -- Massachusetts : a "safety-valve" theory of judicial independence -- New Hampshire : judicial review in the Rockingham County inferior court -- Maryland : Chancellor Theodorick Bland and salaries that "ought to be secured" -- Connecticut : disestablishment and judicial independence -- Rhode Island : last bastion of legislative supremacy -- North Carolina : Governor Thomas Burke and the origins of judicial review -- South Carolina : judicial review without an independent judiciary -- New Jersey : the first state court precedent for judicial review -- New York : persistent threats to judicial independence -- Pennsylvania : (almost) adopting the federal model -- Delaware : a high court of errors and appeals -- Georgia : ineffective and dependent judges -- Conclusion.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-396) and index.



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Judicial independence -- United States -- History.
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