Introductory textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. But are these facts or myths? In this groundbreaking new work, Anna Harvey reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional preferences in its constitutional rulings. Analyzing cross-national evidence, Harvey also finds that the rights protections we enjoy in the United States appear to be largely due to the fact that we do not have an independent Supreme Court. In fact, we would likely have even greater protections for political and economic rights were we to prohibit our federal courts from exercising judicial review altogether. Harvey’s findings suggest that constitutional designers would be wise to heed Thomas Jefferson’s advice to “let mercy be the character of the law-giver, but let the judge be a mere machine.”

A Mere Machine: The Supreme Court, Congress, and American Democracy

Harvey, Anna

Legal Theory & Systems

Yale University Press

In this groundbreaking book, Anna Harvey challenges the assumptions that America's Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches of government and that independent courts are most effective at protecting rights. "Using innovative analytic techniques, Anna Harvey offers a surprising argument, that the Supreme Court responds to changes in the partisan composition of the House of Representatives. Her extension of the argument to raise questions about the value of judicial independence and judicial review in established democracies is especially interesting."-Mark Tushnet, Harvard Law School "A rigorous examination of the role of the Supreme Court in the American system of checks and balances."-Jeffrey A. Segal, Stony Brook University

Vogue's Anna Harvey was a style advisor to Princess Diana—now she advises post-50 women on attaining perfectly chic, classic style For the high-spending, full-living baby boomer generation, dressing well is as important as ever—after all, if 50 is the new 30, then 60 is the new 40. But, much as the baby boomers might wish to avoid the facts, different ages bring different dressing conundrums. No one wants to be thought of mutton dressed as lamb, but neither do they want to look like mutton dressed as more mutton. The good news is that it is possible to be well-dressed, stylish, and happy. This guide will show how, and its author, Vogue’s Anna Harvey, will be the perfect guide. She is direct, helpful, sympathetic, and positive. She covers such essentials as what to wear to suit your shape, how to disguise the areas you don’t like and show off the areas you do, what to spend money on and what to save money on, and much more. This reassuring, stylish guide will have you longing to go shopping again.

Timeless Style: What to Wear Over 50: Dressing Well for the Rest of Your Life

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

Double-Barrelled Books

Softbound - New, softbound print book.

Judicial Decision-Making: A Coursebook

Friedman, Barry

CLARK, Tom

MARTIN, Andrew

Lemos, Margaret

Larsen, Allison

West Academic Publishing

Fashion: Great Designers Talking (The Tribute Series)

Arts & Photography

Graphic Design

Spruce Books

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