Constitutional self-government / / Christopher L. Eisgruber
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| Autore: |
Eisgruber Christopher L
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| Titolo: |
Constitutional self-government / / Christopher L. Eisgruber
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| Pubblicazione: | Cambridge, MA, : Harvard University Press, 2001 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (272 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 342.7302 |
| Soggetto topico: | Judicial review - United States |
| Representative government and representation - United States | |
| Legislative power - United States | |
| Democracy | |
| 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Constitutional self-government |
| ISBN: | 9780674034464 |
| 0674034465 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910963449303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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