LEADER 04198nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910829014803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-282-53729-6 010 $a9786612537295 010 $a0-226-09483-9 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226094830 035 $a(CKB)2520000000006450 035 $a(EBL)496614 035 $a(OCoLC)593356157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000335897 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11241251 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000335897 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10277368 035 $a(PQKB)11555786 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000122924 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC496614 035 $a(DE-B1597)524891 035 $a(OCoLC)1135585733 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226094830 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL496614 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10372055 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL253729 035 $a(EXLCZ)992520000000006450 100 $a20021018d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe cloaking of power $eMontesquieu, Blackstone, and the rise of judicial activism /$fPaul O. Carrese 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChicago $cUniversity of Chicago Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (351 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-226-09482-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 295-313) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tNote on Texts -- $tIntroduction. The Subtle Judge and Moderate Liberalism -- $tPART ONE. Montesquieu's Jurisprudence and New Judicial Power -- $tPART TWO. Blackstone and the Montesquieuan Constitution -- $tPART THREE. Montesquieu's Judicial Legacy in America -- $tConclusion. The Cloaking of Power and the Perpetuation of Constitutionalism -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIndex 330 $aHow 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. 606 $aJudicial process$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$xHistory 606 $aJudicial power$xHistory 606 $aLiberalism$xHistory 606 $aJurisprudence$xHistory 615 0$aJudicial process$xPolitical aspects$xHistory. 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power$xHistory. 615 0$aJudicial power$xHistory. 615 0$aLiberalism$xHistory. 615 0$aJurisprudence$xHistory. 676 $a340/.11 700 $aCarrese$b Paul$0760669 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910829014803321 996 $aThe cloaking of power$93979273 997 $aUNINA