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

• Autore: Kramer Larry <1958->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 342.73
• Soggetto topico: People (Constitutional law) - United States; Constituent power - United States; Judicial review - United States
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: The people themselves
• ISBN: 0-19-772016-1; 0-19-988344-0; 1-280-53440-0; 0-19-803782-1; 0-19-530389-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783692103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II