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Record Nr.

UNINA9910963449303321

Autore

Eisgruber Christopher L

Titolo

Constitutional self-government / / Christopher L. Eisgruber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001

ISBN

9780674034464

0674034465

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Disciplina

342.7302

Soggetti

Judicial review - United States

Representative government and representation - United States

Legislative power - United States

Democracy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.