Breaking the Vicious Circle is a tour de force that should be read by everyone who is interested in improving our regulatory processes. Written by a highly respected federal judge, who would go on to serve on the Supreme Court, and who obviously recognizes the necessity of regulation but perceives its failures and weaknesses as well, it pinpoints the most serious problems and offers a creative solution that would for the first time bring rationality to bear on the vital issue of priorities in our era of limited resources.
Breaking the Vicious Circle is a tour de force that should be read by everyone who is interested in improving our regulatory processes. Written...
This book will become the bible of regulatory reform. No broad, authoritative treatment of the subject has been available for many years except for Alfred Kahn's Economics of Regulation (197O). And Stephen Breyer's book is not merely a utilitarian analysis or a legal discussion of procedures; it employs the widest possible perspective to survey the full implications of government regulation--economic, legal, administrative, political--while addressing the complex problems of administering regulatory agencies.
Only a scholar with Judge Breyer's practical experience as chief...
This book will become the bible of regulatory reform. No broad, authoritative treatment of the subject has been available for many years except for...
Law, politics, and society in the modern West have been marked by the increasing power of the judge: the development of constitutional justice, the evolution of international judiciaries, and judicial systems that extend even further into social life. Judges make decisions that not only enforce the law, but also codify the values of our times.
In the summer of 2000, an esteemed group of judges and legal scholars met in Provence, France, to consider the role of the judge in modern society. They included Robert Badinter, former president of the Constitutional Council in France; Stephen...
Law, politics, and society in the modern West have been marked by the increasing power of the judge: the development of constitutional justice, the...
This is an extended, international edition of Justice Breyer's theory of constitutional interpretation, and the role of courts in a modern democracy. For the revised, international edition Breyer includes an examination of topical debates in Europe, inclu
This is an extended, international edition of Justice Breyer's theory of constitutional interpretation, and the role of courts in a modern democracy. ...
A long-term liberal voice on the current US Supreme Court, Justice Breyer provides an insider's introduction to the Court and its political role. Examining key decisions made by the Court, he presents his views on how a constitutional court should fulfil its function as final interpreter of a democratic constitution.
A long-term liberal voice on the current US Supreme Court, Justice Breyer provides an insider's introduction to the Court and its political role. Exam...
In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasingly interconnected world, a world in which all sorts of activity, both public and private--from the conduct of national security policy to the conduct of international trade--obliges the Court to understand and consider circumstances beyond America's borders.
Written with unique authority and perspective, The Court and the World reveals an emergent reality few Americans observe directly but one that affects the life of every one of...
In this original, far-reaching, and timely book, Justice Stephen Breyer examines the work of the Supreme Court of the United States in an increasin...
