The Supreme Court and the idea of constitutionalism

The Supreme Court and the idea of constitutionalism [electronic resource] / edited by Steven Kautz ... [et al.]. - Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2009. - vi, 320 p. - Democracy, citizenship, and constitutionalism .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-306) and index.

Ideas of constitutionalism ancient and modern / Nathan Tarcov -- On liberal constitutionalism / Steven Kautz -- Judicial review and the incomplete constitution : a Madisonian perspective on the Supreme Court and the idea of constitutionalism / Michael P. Zuckert -- Constitutionalism as judicial review : historical lessons from the U.S. case / Leslie Friedman Goldstein -- Who has authority over the Constitution of the United States? / James Stoner -- The Supreme Court and contemporary constitutionalism : the implications of the development of alternative forms of judicial review / Mark Tushnet -- The sounds of silence : militant and acquiescent constitutionalism / Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn -- Constitutionalism and democracy : understanding the relation / Larry Alexander -- Active liberty and the problem of judicial oligarchy / Robert P. Young, Jr -- Judicial power and democracy : a Machiavellian view / Rogers M. Smith -- Constitutional constraints in politics / Keith E. Whittington -- "The court will clean it up" : executive power, constitutional contestation and war powers / Benjamin A. Kleinerman.


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United States. Supreme Court.


Judicial power--United States.
Constitutional law--United States.
Constitutional law--Philosophy.
Judicial review--United States.


Electronic books.

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