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The Development And Evaluation Of Judicial Review [Part 3], C. Perry Patterson
The Development And Evaluation Of Judicial Review [Part 3], C. Perry Patterson
Washington Law Review
This Is the concluding portion of Mr. Patterson's continued article. The first portion, in the Journal for January, 1938, covered the background of the theory of judicial review in the Federal Constitution. In the April issue he indicated the manner of incorporating the principle in the Constitution, and in the current installment he shows the wide use of judicial review and discusses its significance.
The Development And Evaluation Of Judicial Review [Part 2], C. Perry Patterson
The Development And Evaluation Of Judicial Review [Part 2], C. Perry Patterson
Washington Law Review
In the previous portion of this article, Mr. Patterson attributed the American Revolution to the tyrannies resulting from the failure of the British government to provide for judicial review of acts of the central government as well as of the acts of the local governments. After noting a resulting desire among the former colonists to substitute constitutional supremacy for legislative supremacy, Mr. Patterson observed the use of judicial review in the courts of several of the states prior to the Convention of 1787, pointed out the embodiment of its principles in the enactments of the Congress of the Confederation in …
The Development And Evaluation Of Judicial Review [Part 1], C. Perry Patterson
The Development And Evaluation Of Judicial Review [Part 1], C. Perry Patterson
Washington Law Review
The doctrine of judicial review is as much a principle of the Constitution as the principle of federalism or the doctrine of separation of powers and checks and balances. It is a far more definite power than the powers of Congress or those of the President. It should be remembered that the Constitution nowhere mentions federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, national supremacy or concurrent powers, taxation for only a public purpose, business affected with a public interest is subject to regulation, contracts involving governmental powers are null and void, neither the national government nor the states can tax …