Del i serien Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism

Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism

Häftad, Engelska, 2011

AvSteven Kautz,Arthur Melzer,Jerry Weinberger,M. Richard Zinman

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From Brown v. Board of Education to Roe v. Wade to Bush v. Gore, the Supreme Court has, over the past fifty years, assumed an increasingly controversial place in American national political life. As the recurring struggles over nominations to the Court illustrate, few questions today divide our political community more profoundly than those concerning the Court's proper role as protector of liberties and guardian of the Constitution. If the nation is today in the midst of a "culture war," the contest over the Supreme Court is certainly one of its principal battlefields.In this volume, distinguished constitutional scholars aim to move debate beyond the sound bites that divide the opposing parties to more fundamental discussions about the nature of constitutionalism. Toward this end, the volume includes chapters on the philosophical and historical origins of the idea of constitutionalism; on theories of constitutionalism in American history in particular; on the practices of constitutionalism around the globe; and on the parallel emergence of-and the persistent tensions between-constitutionalism and democracy throughout the modern world.In democracies, the primary point of having a constitution is to place some matters beyond politics and partisan contest. And yet it seems equally clear that constitutionalism of this kind results in a struggle over the meaning or proper interpretation of the constitution, a struggle that is itself deeply political. Although the volume represents a variety of viewpoints and approaches, this struggle, which is the central paradox of constitutionalism, is the ultimate theme of all the essays.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-08-15
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt499 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieDemocracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
Antal sidor328
FörlagUniversity of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN9780812221909

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Introduction: The Idea of Constitutionalism-Steven Kautz, Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard ZinmanPART I. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES1. Ideas of Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern-Nathan Tarcov2. On Liberal Constitutionalism-Steven KautzPART II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY3. Judicial Review and the Incomplete Constitution: A Madisonian Perspective on the Supreme Court and theIdea of Constitutionalism-Michael P. Zuckert4. Constitutionalism as Judicial Review: Historical Lessons from the U.S. Case-Leslie Friedman Goldstein5. Who Has Authority over the Constitution of the United States?-James StonerPART III. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES6. The Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutionalism: The Implications of the Development of Alternative Forms of Judicial Review-Mark Tushnet7. The Sounds of Silence: Militant and Acquiescent Constitutionalism-Gary Jeffrey JacobsohnPART IV. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY8. Constitutionalism and Democracy: Understanding the Relation-Larry Alexander9. Active Liberty and the Problem of Judicial Oligarchy-Robert P. Young, Jr.10. Judicial Power and Democracy: A Machiavellian View-Rogers M. SmithPART V. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICS11. Constitutional Constraints in Politics-Keith E. Whittington12. "The Court Will Clean It Up": Executive Power, Constitutional Contestation, and War Powers-Benjamin A. KleinermanNotesList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments