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The author focuses directly on the Constitution's seemingly undemocratic features. He argues that constitutionalism is best regarded not as a constraint upon self-government, but as a crucial ingredient in a complex, non-majoritarian form of democracy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eisgruber, Christopher L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2001.
Temas:
Judicial review > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Legislative power > United States.
Democracy.
Contrôle juridictionnel des lois > États-Unis.
Gouvernement représentatif > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > National.
LAW > Constitutional.
Democracy
Judicial review
Legislative power
Representative government and representation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Democratic Functions of Inflexible Constitutions
  • 2 Judicial Review and Democratic Legitimacy
  • 3 Judicial Review and Democratic Flourishing
  • 4 Text and History in Hard Cases
  • 5 Liberty, Strategy, and Tradition
  • 6 Judicial Maintenance of Political Institutions
  • Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Index

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