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In defense of a political court /

"Can the Supreme Court be free of politics? Do we want it to be? Normative constitutional theory has long concerned itself with the legitimate scope and limits of judicial review. Too often, theorists seek to resolve that issue by eliminating politics from constitutional decisionmaking. In cont...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Peretti, Terri Jennings, 1956-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1999.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. I. The Failure of Contemporary Constitutional Theory. 1. Conventional Constitutional Theory: The Neutralist Approach. 2. Constitutional Indeterminacy and Judicial Subjectivity: Critical Legal Studies. 3. The Skeptics and the Idea of Provisional Review
  • pt. II. In Defense of a Political Court. 4. The Virtues of Political Motive in Constitutional Decisionmaking: Political Representation. 5. The Virtues of Political Motive in Constitutional Decisionmaking: A Constrained and Consensus-Seeking Court. 6. A Political Court and the "Crisis of Legitimacy" 7. Democratic Theory Revisited. 8. Whither the Court and Constitution?