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Judicial Control Of Administrative Action, By Louis L. Jaffe (1965), Cornelius J. Peck
Judicial Control Of Administrative Action, By Louis L. Jaffe (1965), Cornelius J. Peck
Washington Law Review
A book with the depth and scope of Professor Jaffe's recently published work on judicial control of administrative action is not an easy one to review. While one is tempted to write a parallel work of commentary and criticism, such a task is beyond the scope of a review; anything less, however, seems light and superficial when put beside the work commented upon. Nevertheless, the following is offered for interested readers. Professor Jaffe's book was not written in the tradition of legal treatises which present a detailed, systematic, and tightly organized treatment of a subject. On the contrary, though he …
The Three-Judge District Court In Contemporary Federal Jurisdiction, Anon
The Three-Judge District Court In Contemporary Federal Jurisdiction, Anon
Washington Law Review
Congress has provided that in certain cases which are otherwise properly before a federal district court, a special district court composed of three judges, one of whom must be a circuit judge, is required. Theoretically, this requirement is procedural assurance that important litigation will receive commensurate consideration in the federal district courts. One type of litigation which Congress has deemed to merit this special treatment is a suit to enjoin enforcement of a state statute or administrative order on grounds of unconstitutionality. While the three-judge statute is relatively simple in theory, it has proven quite complex in practice and has …