Constitutional Self-GovernmentHarvard University Press, 2001 M09 30 - 260 páginas Most of us regard the Constitution as the foundation of American democracy. How, then, are we to understand the restrictions that it imposes on legislatures and voters? Why, for example, does the Constitution allow unelected judges to exercise so much power? And why is this centuries-old document so difficult to amend? In short, how can we call ourselves a democracy when we are bound by an entrenched, and sometimes counter-majoritarian, constitution? |
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... Congress Cataloging - in - Publication Data Eisgruber , Christopher L. Constitutional self - government / Christopher L. Eisgruber . p . cm . Includes bibliographical references and index . ISBN 0-674-00608-9 ( cloth : alk . paper ) 1 ...
... Congress ? People disagree vigorously about such issues . They also disagree about the meaning of many clauses that guarantee individual rights . What does the Constitution mean when it prohib- its states from denying " the equal ...
... Congress and the president , because they must please voters to get re - elected , are likely to represent peo- ple's interests . But Supreme Court justices , because they have both a democratic pedigree and the freedom to behave ...
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The Democratic Functions of Inflexible Constitutions | 10 |
Judicial Review and Democratic Legitimacy | 46 |
Judicial Review and Democratic Flourishing | 79 |
Text and History in Hard Cases | 109 |
Liberty Strategy and Tradition | 136 |
Judicial Maintenance of Political Institutions | 168 |
Conclusion | 205 |
Notes | 213 |
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