Nada Mourtada-Sabbah is associate professor of political science and chair of the Department of International Studies at the American University of Sharjah. Bruce E. Cain is Robson Professor of Political Science and director of the Institute of Governmental Studies at UC Berkeley and the UC, Washington Center.

• Chapter 1 IntroductionChapter 2 The Rise and Fall of the Political Question DoctrineChapter 3 Law and Prudence in the Law of Justiciability: The Transformation and Disappearance of the Political Question DoctrineChapter 4 Leaving the Empty Vessel of "Republicanism" Unfilled: An Argument for the Continued Nonjusticiability of Guarantee Clause CasesChapter 5 Two Centuries of Changing Political Questions in Cultural ContextChapter 6 A Political Question By Any Other Name: Government Strategy in the Enemy Combatant Cases of Hamdi and PadillaChapter 7 Political Questions in FranceChapter 8 Who Should Be the Authoritative Interpreter of the Constitution? Why There Should Not Be a Political Question DoctrineChapter 9 Bush v. Gore: Too Political?Chapter 10 Political Questions and Political Cases: The Evolving Justifications for Judicial Involvement in PoliticsChapter 11 Termination of the ABM Treaty and the Political Question Doctrine: Judicial Succor for Presidential PowerChapter 12 Political Questions and Political Remedies