Constitutional Interpretation in the USA

LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE

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Contributor(s): Professor Risa L Goluboff, Dr Jacco Bomhoff | The United States of America is famous for its system of constitutional review- its Supreme Court of unelected judges who can strike down the laws of Congress. How is this justified? Is it popular? What does the future hold? Risa Goluboff is the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of ... Show More

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