04235nam 2200709Ia 450 991045557000332120200520144314.01-282-53729-697866125372950-226-09483-910.7208/9780226094830(CKB)2520000000006450(EBL)496614(OCoLC)593356157(SSID)ssj0000335897(PQKBManifestationID)11241251(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335897(PQKBWorkID)10277368(PQKB)11555786(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122924(MiAaPQ)EBC496614(DE-B1597)524891(OCoLC)1135585733(DE-B1597)9780226094830(Au-PeEL)EBL496614(CaPaEBR)ebr10372055(CaONFJC)MIL253729(EXLCZ)99252000000000645020021018d2003 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe cloaking of power[electronic resource] Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the rise of judicial activism /Paul O. CarreseChicago University of Chicago Press20031 online resource (351 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-226-09482-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-313) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Texts -- Introduction. The Subtle Judge and Moderate Liberalism -- PART ONE. Montesquieu's Jurisprudence and New Judicial Power -- PART TWO. Blackstone and the Montesquieuan Constitution -- PART THREE. Montesquieu's Judicial Legacy in America -- Conclusion. The Cloaking of Power and the Perpetuation of Constitutionalism -- Notes -- Bibliography -- IndexHow did the US judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges once vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law, constitutionalism, and liberal democracy? In The Cloaking of Power, Paul O. Carrese provides a provocative analysis of the intellectual sources of today's powerful judiciary, arguing that Montesquieu, in his Spirit of the Laws, first articulated a new conception of the separation of powers and strong but subtle courts. Montesquieu instructed statesmen to "cloak power" by placing judges at the center of politics, while concealing them behind juries and subtle reforms. Tracing this conception through Blackstone, Hamilton, and Tocqueville, Carrese shows how it led to the prominence of judges, courts, and lawyers in America today. But he places the blame for contemporary judicial activism squarely at the feet of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. and his jurisprudential revolution, which he believes to be the source of the now-prevalent view that judging is merely political. To address this crisis, Carrese argues for a rediscovery of an independent judiciary-one that blends prudence and natural law with common law and that observes the moderate jurisprudence of Montesquieu and Blackstone, balancing abstract principles with realistic views of human nature and institutions. He also advocates for a return to the complex constitutionalism of the American founders and Tocqueville and for judges who understand their responsibility to elevate citizens above individualism, instructing them in law and right.Judicial processPolitical aspectsHistoryPolitical questions and judicial powerHistoryJudicial powerHistoryLiberalismHistoryJurisprudenceHistoryElectronic books.Judicial processPolitical aspectsHistory.Political questions and judicial powerHistory.Judicial powerHistory.LiberalismHistory.JurisprudenceHistory.340/.11Carrese Paul760669MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455570003321The cloaking of power2061863UNINA