The story of attempts to defend advisory authority, including several attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution to require the Supreme Court to issues them. It tells the story also of the uneasy relation between advisory opinions and judicial review as well as the expansion of jud…
The story of attempts to defend advisory authority, including several attempts to amend the U.S. Constitution to require the Supreme Court to issues them. It tells the story also of the uneasy relation between advisory opinions and judicial review as well as the expansion of jud…
"Author Mel A. Topf provides readers with the only comprehensive treatment of the history, concepts, jurisprudence, and controversies relating to state supreme court advisory opinions. This significant area of state constitutional law has no parallel in federal law, which bars a…