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Legislative Deference

Legislative Deference is a legal doctrine within constitutional law that refers to the judiciary's practice of presuming the validity of legislative actions and refraining from overriding them unless they clearly violate constitutional provisions or exceed statutory authority.

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2017–2026

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The Nonmajoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary

Mark A. Graber · Studies in American Political Development · 1993 · 386 citations

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Legislative deferrals: statutory ambiguity, judicial power, and American democracy

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 145 citations

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Abstract Judicial Review, Legislative Bargaining, and Policy Compromise

Georg Vanberg · Journal of Theoretical Politics · 1998 · 139 citations

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Cass R. Sunstein · 2005 · 77 citations

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Constitutional Regulation of Legislative Choice: The Political Consequences of Judicial Deference to Legislatures

William H. Riker, Barry R. Weingast · Virginia Law Review · 1988 · 75 citations

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Authors

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  1. CR
    Cass R. Sunstein

    Harvard University, United States

    2 publications · 94 citations

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  2. MA
    Mark A. Graber

    University of Maryland, College Park, United States

    1 publications · 386 citations

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  3. LF
    Louis Fisher

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 12 citations

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  4. BR
    Barry R. Weingast

    Stanford University, United States

    1 publications · 75 citations

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  5. CM
    Conor M. Dowling

    Yale University, United States

    1 publications · 29 citations

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Institutions

11

  1. Villanova University

    Radnor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  3. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    87 citations

  4. University of Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. CUNY School of Law

    Long Island City, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    18 citations

  6. Loyola University Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    29 citations

  7. University of Newcastle Australia

    Newcastle, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Washington

    Seattle, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

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Venues

  1. Virginia Law Review

    2 publications · 92 citations

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  2. Journal of British Studies

    JBS · 1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Perspectives on Politics

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  4. CUNY Academic Works (City University of New York)

    Repository · 1 publications · 18 citations

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  5. eYLS (Yale Law School)

    Repository · 1 publications · 21 citations

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