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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... particular inter- pretive protocol . On the contrary , the book maintains that jurispruden- tial technique is less important to good judging than lawyers and schol- ars commonly suppose , and that , at least in constitutional cases ...
... : we will , in particular , have to say what counts as a good representative institution . Executing that assignment will be the task of later chapters , but it is possible to suggest now the course we Introduction 3.
... particular set of institu- tional arrangements as presumptively democratic . Democracy means government by the people , and that is not the same thing as govern- ment by a majority of the electorate , or government by the legislative ...
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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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