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From Ancient Greece to the Enlightenment -- Branches of government -- Checks and balances -- The U.S. Constitution -- The Legislative branch -- The powers of the Legislative branch -- The Executive branch -- The powers of the Executive branch -- The Judicial branch -- The powers of the Judicial branch -- Legislative checks and balances -- Executive checks and balances -- Judicial checks and balances -- Necessary and proper -- Executive orders -- Internal checks and balances -- Separation of Powers around the world -- The British system -- The Mexican system.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Structural Features of the Separation of Powers -- 2. Synopsis of the Advantages of the Separate Branches of Government -- 3. Rules of the Legislative Process -- 4. Statutory Construction: The Courts Review the Work of the Legislature -- 5. Stare Decisis: The Self-Imposed Constraint by the Judicial Branch Not Shared by the Other Branches -- Part 2. Case Illustrations of the Separation of Powers -- 6. The Proper Roles of Government: The Case of Obnoxious Speech -- 7. The Exclusionary Rule: When Is a Matter Constitutional, When Is It Only Policy? -- 8. Affirmative Action: The Use of Race by Government -- 9. The Fiesta Bowl: Unintended Consequences of Judicial and Legislative Activism -- 10. Defining Constitutional Rights: Roe v. Wade -- 11. The Civil Rights Act of 1992: The Burden of Proof as a Judicial Function Used to Achieve a Legislative Result -- 12. Two Statutes, a Hundred Years Apart: When Court Interpretation Changes between and after Two Separate Legislative Acts -- 13. When the Supreme Court Does Not Do Its Job: The Second Amendment -- 14. Methods of Solving Disputes between (and within) the Branches of Government -- 15. Another Method of Solving Interbranch Disputes: Legislators Going to Court to Sue the Executive Branch -- Index