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Vanderbilt Law Review
A TREASURY OF LEGAL QUOTATIONS Selected by Paul C. Cook New York:Vantage Press, 1961. Pp.181. $5.00
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COLONIAL JUSTICE IN WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS Edited by Joseph H. Smith Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1961. Pp.ix, 426. $7.50.
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THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES: ITS BUSINESS, PURPOSES, AND PERFORMANCE By Paul A. Freund Cleveland: World Publishing Company, 1961. Pp.224. $1.35.
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A LAWYER'S VERSUS. By Irving J. Siegal New York: Vantage Press, 1960. Pp.40. $2.00.
Baker V. Carr -- Malapportionment In State Governments Becomes A Federal Constitutional Issue, William M. Hames
Baker V. Carr -- Malapportionment In State Governments Becomes A Federal Constitutional Issue, William M. Hames
Vanderbilt Law Review
The Court's decision in Baker v. Carr was properly cast in terms of protecting individual rights under the equal protection clause, for this issue can be distinguished and separately handled. It does seem inevitable, however, that the decisions which set standards by which to determine invidious discrimination will also by these standards delineate, at least in broad outline, one aspect of what will be considered an acceptable "republican" form of government guaranteed by the Constitution.
Judicial Review: Political Reality And Legislative Purpose: The Supreme Court's Supervision Of Congressional Investigations, Martin Shapiro
Judicial Review: Political Reality And Legislative Purpose: The Supreme Court's Supervision Of Congressional Investigations, Martin Shapiro
Vanderbilt Law Review
The Supreme Court has long claimed the power to exercise judicial review over the investigatory activities of Congress. The most severe limitation the Court has imposed is the requirement of legislative purpose. Investigations must be conducted for the purpose of aiding Congress in making the laws. But the Court has also introduced the doctrine of presumption of legislative purpose. The Justices will presume that the investigating committee and the Congress which authorized it had a legislative purpose in pursuing the inquiry. It will be argued here that these two doctrines are completely inter-dependent; once legislative purpose was required, presumption was …