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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823469503321

Autore

Kramer Larry <1958->

Titolo

The people themselves [[electronic resource] ] : popular constitutionalism and judicial review / / Larry D. Kramer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-772016-1

0-19-988344-0

1-280-53440-0

0-19-803782-1

0-19-530389-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (376 p.)

Disciplina

342.73

Soggetti

People (Constitutional law) - United States

Constituent power - United States

Judicial review - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-337) and index.

Nota di contenuto

In substance, and in principle, the same as it was heretofore : the customary constitution -- A rule obligatory upon every department : the origins of judicial review -- The power under the constitution will always be in the people : the making of the constitution -- Courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument : accepting judicial review -- What every true republican ought to depend on : rejecting judicial supremacy -- Notwithstanding this abstract view : the changing context of constitutional law -- To preserve the constitution, as a perpetual bond of union : the lessons of experience -- A layman's document, not a lawyer's contract : the continuing struggle for popular constitutionalism -- As an American : popular constitutionalism, circa 2003 --Epilogue : judicial review without judicial supremacy.

Sommario/riassunto

In this interpretation of America's founding and of its entire system of judicial review, Larry Kramer reveals that the colonists fought for and birthed a very different system - and held a very different understanding of citizenship - than Americans believe to be the norm today.