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The judicial power of the purse : how courts fund national defense in times of crisis
Title:
The judicial power of the purse : how courts fund national defense in times of crisis
Author:
Staudt, Nancy
ISBN:
9780226771144
Publication Information:
Chicago [etc.] : University of Chicago Press, 2011
Physical Description:
xii, 199 p. ; 24 cm
Series:
Chicago series on international and domestic institutions
Series Title:
Chicago series on international and domestic institutions
General Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Contents:
Federal judges' budgetary powers -- Pulling the purse strings : an information theory of crisis jurisprudence -- Mobilizing judicial resources : the information theory in action -- The judicial understanding of costly foreign policy events -- The next stop : the information theory in the domestic context.
Subject:
United States. Supreme Court -- Powers and duties -- Economic aspects
War and emergency legislation -- Economic aspects -- United States
Judicial power -- Economic aspects -- United States
Judge-made law -- Economic aspects -- United States
Fiscal policy -- United States