LEADER 04061nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910823127903321 005 20230725051635.0 010 $a1-282-63956-0 010 $a9786612639562 010 $a1-4008-3687-5 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400836871 035 $a(CKB)2550000000018944 035 $a(EBL)539803 035 $a(OCoLC)697175254 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000438566 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11280991 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000438566 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10451998 035 $a(PQKB)11643815 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC539803 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36855 035 $a(DE-B1597)446833 035 $a(OCoLC)979623958 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400836871 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL539803 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10395108 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL263956 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000018944 100 $a20090930d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe judge as political theorist $econtemporary constitutional review /$fDavid Robertson 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (433 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-14403-6 311 $a0-691-14404-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $t Frontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tChapter One. The Nature and Function of Judicial Review -- $tChapter Two. Germany: Dignity and Democracy -- $tChapter Three. Eastern Europe: (Re)Establishing the Rule of Law -- $tChapter Four. France: Purely Abstract Review -- $tChapter Five. Canada: Imposing Rights on the Common Law -- $tChapter Six. South Africa: Defining a New Society -- $tChapter Seven. Tests of Unconstitutionality and Discrimination -- $tChapter Eight. Conclusions: Constitutional Jurists as Political Theorists -- $tCases Cited -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aThe Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review. David Robertson argues that the constitutional judge's role is nothing like that of the legislator or chief executive, or even the ordinary judge. Rather, constitutional judges spell out to society the implications--on the ground--of the moral and practical commitments embodied in the nation's constitution. Constitutional review, in other words, is a form of applied political theory. Robertson takes an in-depth look at constitutional decision making in Germany, France, the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Canada, and South Africa, with comparisons throughout to the United States, where constitutional review originated. He also tackles perhaps the most vexing problem in constitutional law today--how and when to limit the rights of citizens in order to govern. As traditional institutions of moral authority have lost power, constitutional judges have stepped into the breach, radically altering traditional understandings of what courts can and should do. Robertson demonstrates how constitutions are more than mere founding documents laying down the law of the land, but increasingly have become statements of the values and principles a society seeks to embody. Constitutional judges, in turn, see it as their mission to transform those values into political practice and push for state and society to live up to their ideals. 606 $aJudicial review 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power 606 $aConstitutional courts 615 0$aJudicial review. 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power. 615 0$aConstitutional courts. 676 $a347/.012 700 $aRobertson$b David$f1946-$01594948 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823127903321 996 $aThe judge as political theorist$94022302 997 $aUNINA