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008			100727s2011 enk b 001 0 eng
020			_a9780199765874
040			_cLibrary of Congress
082	0	0	_a347.73 _222
100	1		_aGerber, Scott Douglas, _d1961-
245	1	2	_aA distinct judicial power : _bthe origins of an independent judiciary, 1606-1787 / _cScott Douglas Gerber.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York, N.Y. : _bOxford University Press, _cc2011.
300			_axxii, 413 p. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [363]-396) and index.
505	0		_aThe 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.
650		0	_aJudicial independence _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aJudges _zUnited States.
650		0	_aJudicial power _zUnited States.
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