The Constitution As Political StructureOxford University Press, 1995 M01 5 - 240 páginas Over the last forty years modern constitutional scholarship has concentrated on an analysis of rights, while principles of constitutional law concerning the structure of government have been largely downplayed. The irony of this interpretive emphasis is that the body of the Constitution contains relatively little dealing directly with rights. Rather, it is primarily a blueprint for the establishment of a complex form of federal-democratic structure. This work emphasizes the central role served by the structural portions of the Constitution. Redish argues that these structural values were designed to provide the framework in which our rights-based system may flourish, and that judicial abandonment of these structural values threatens the very foundations of American political theory. |
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... political structure and issues of individual liberty and judi- cial review . The book is designed to provide a thorough exploration of the intersection of these three fundamental elements of American political and constitutional theory ...
... political structure and issues of individual liberty and judi- cial review . The book is designed to provide a thorough exploration of the intersection of these three fundamental elements of American political and constitutional theory ...
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Martin H. Redish. CONTENTS 1. Introduction : Political Structure , Democratic Theory , and Constitutional Text , 3 2. Federalism , the Constitution and American Political Theory , 23 3. The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Constitutional ...
Martin H. Redish. CONTENTS 1. Introduction : Political Structure , Democratic Theory , and Constitutional Text , 3 2. Federalism , the Constitution and American Political Theory , 23 3. The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Constitutional ...
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... theory of American government . But that fact makes all the more puzzling the modern tendency of both Court and commentators to treat these structural provisions with not - so - benign neglect . Even a casual review of the essence of ...
... theory of American government . But that fact makes all the more puzzling the modern tendency of both Court and commentators to treat these structural provisions with not - so - benign neglect . Even a casual review of the essence of ...
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... political norms historically embodied in American constitu- tional and democratic theory : ( 1 ) that policy choices not preempted by the Constitution are , to the extent possible , to be made by those representative of and accountable ...
... political norms historically embodied in American constitu- tional and democratic theory : ( 1 ) that policy choices not preempted by the Constitution are , to the extent possible , to be made by those representative of and accountable ...
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... American political theory , it measures the Supreme Court's interpretations of the structural provisions against the political func- tions that those provisions are capable of performing in furthering the trium- virate of instrumental ...
... American political theory , it measures the Supreme Court's interpretations of the structural provisions against the political func- tions that those provisions are capable of performing in furthering the trium- virate of instrumental ...
Contenido
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2 Federalism the Constitution and American Political Theory | 23 |
3 The Dormant Commerce Clause and the Constitutional Balance of Federalism | 63 |
4 Pragmatic Formalism and Separation of Powers | 99 |
5 Legislative Delegation Pragmatic Formalism and the Values of Democracy | 135 |
Liberalism Constitutional Theory and Political Structure | 163 |
Notes | 167 |
Table of Cases | 223 |
Index | 227 |
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Página 50 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 68 - In imposing taxes for state purposes they are not doing what congress is empowered to do. Congress is not empowered to tax for those purposes which are within the exclusive province of the states.
Página 208 - The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive, and judiciary, in the same hands, whether of one, a few, or many, and whether hereditary, self-appointed, or elective, may justly be pronounced the very definition of tyranny.
Página 68 - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government; all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves.
Página 51 - Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
Página 179 - The adversaries of the Constitution seem to have lost sight of the people altogether in their reasonings on this subject; and to have viewed these different establishments not only as mutual rivals and enemies, but as uncontrolled by any common superior in their efforts to usurp the authorities of each other.
Página 70 - Whatever subjects of this power are in their nature national, or admit only of one uniform system, or plan of regulation, may justly be said to be of such a nature as to require exclusive legislation by Congress.
Página 106 - If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this : you must first enable the government to control the governed ; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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