Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. CHAPTER ONE. Introduction 1
5. CHAPTER TWO. How Abdication Crept into the Judicial Repertory 10
6. CHAPTER THREE. Two Principled Theories of Constitutionalism 31
7. CHAPTER FOUR. Prudential Reasons for Judicial Abdication 45
8. CHAPTER FIVE. When Judges Refuse to Abdicate 61
9. CHAPTER SIX. Mandated Adjudication: Act of State and Sovereign Immunity 97
10. CHAPTER SEVEN. Abolishing Judicial Abdication: The German Model 107
11. CHAPTER EIGHT. A Rule of Evidence in Place of the Political-Question Doctrine 126
12. CHAPTER NINE. The Special Cases: In Camera Proceedings and Declaratory Judgments 137
13. CHAPTER TEN. Conclusions: Does the Rule of Law Stop at the Water’s Edge? 156
14. Notes 161
15. Index 193