This book is a study of the power of the American Supreme Court to interpret laws and overrule any found in conflict with the Constitution. It examines the land

Combines documents and analytical essays timed for the bicentennial in 2003. It explains the constitutional, political, philosophical background to judicial rev

Today, the Supreme Court's authority to determine the constitutionality of executive actions and legislative acts is unquestioned. But two centuries ago, after

This book looks at Marbury v. Madison, the case that established the powers of the Supreme Court of the United States, including federal government supremacy an