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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... Government ingeniously locates the Constitution's value in its capacity to sustain an array of institutions that render self - government meaningful for a large and diverse people . Constitutional Self - Government This One F9YU - HZ7 -
... values : we sometimes desire things that we ought not to have . Under these circumstances , most of us hope that we will be faithful to our values , not our interests ; we hope , in other words , that we will do the right thing . A good ...
... values . Open texture is thus useful to constitutional self - government . It helps to establish an institutional structure that im- plements democracy more effectively than a purely legislative system could do . This is a recipe for ...
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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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