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David's hammer : the case for an activist judiciary /
Judicial activism is condemned by both right and left, for good reason: lawless courts are a threat to republican government. But challenging conventional wisdom, constitutional litigator Clint Bolick argues in Davids Hammer that far worse is a judiciary that allows the other branches of government...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Cato Institute,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Judicial activism is condemned by both right and left, for good reason: lawless courts are a threat to republican government. But challenging conventional wisdom, constitutional litigator Clint Bolick argues in Davids Hammer that far worse is a judiciary that allows the other branches of government to run roughshod over precious liberties. That, Bolick demonstrates, is exactly the role the framers intended the courts to play, envisioning a judiciary deferential to proper democratic governance but bold in defense of freedom. But the historical record is painfully uneven. During the Warren era. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (206 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-177) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781933995304 1933995300 1281905275 9781281905277 |