Common law for the age of statutes, a

Auteur :
Calabresi, Guido
Éditeur :
Harvard University Press
ISBN :
9780674146051
Date de publication :
1 janv. 1985
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
476 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
The dominance of legislatures and statutory law has put an impossible burden on the courts. Guido Calabresi thinks it is time for this country to seriously consider returning to a traditional American judicial–legislative balance in which courts enlarge the common law and decide when a rule of law has seen its day and should be revised.