The Immigration Battle in American Courts

by Anna O. Law

Book Overview

This book assesses the role of the federal judiciary in immigration and the institutional evolution of the Supreme Court and the U.S. Courts of Appeals. Neither court has played a static role across time. By the turn of the century, a division of labor had developed between the two courts whereby the Courts of Appeals retained their original function as error-correction courts, while the Supreme Court was reserved for the most important policy and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521767083
• ISBN13: 9780521767088
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 282 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.0"