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Format: Häftad (Paperback)
Språk: Engelska
Antal sidor: 316
Utgivningsdatum: 2004-09-01
Förlag: OUP USA
Medarbetare: Fisher, Louis
Illustratör/Fotograf: black & white illustrations
Illustrationer: black & white illustrations
Dimensioner: 235 x 156 x 19 mm
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Antal komponenter: 1
Komponenter: 2:B&W 6 x 9 in or 229 x 152 mm Perfect Bound on Creme w/Gloss Lam
ISBN: 9780195171235

The Democratic Constitution

av Neal E Devins

Häftad, Engelska, 2004-09-01

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Constitutional law is clearly shaped by judicial actors. But who else contributes? Scholars in the past have recognized that the legislative branch plays a significant role in determining structural issues, such as separation of powers and federalism, but stopped thereclaiming that only courts had the independence and expertise to safeguard individual and minority rights. In this readable and engaging narrative, the authors identify the nuts and bolts of the
national dialogue and relate succinct examples of how elected officials and the general public often dominate the Supreme Court in defining the Constitution's meaning. Making use of case studies on race, privacy, federalism, war powers, speech, and religion, Devins and Fisher demonstrate how elected
officials uphold individual rights in such areas as religious liberty and free speech as well as, and often better than, the courts.

This fascinating debunking of judicial supremacy argues that nonjudicial contributions to constitutional interpretation make the Constitution more stable, more consistent with constitutional principles, and more protective of individual and minority rights.

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Mark Tushnet, author of Taking the Constitution Away From the Courts Neal Devins and Louis Fisher provide a valuable introduction to the processes by which constitutional law is made, demonstrating that it is the product, not solely of the Supreme Court, but of interactions among the Court, Congress, and the presidency. This is a useful contribution to our understanding of the Constitution inside and outside the courts.

<br>Neal Devins is Ernst W. Goodrich Professor of Law and Government at the College of William and Mary. He is also editor of the Constitutional Conflicts Book Series at Duke University Press. Louis Fisher is senior specialist in separation of powers at the Congressional Research Service. He testifies before congressional committees on a variety of constitutional issues, including war powers, executive privilege, item vetoes, legislative vetoes, and covert spending.<br>

Introduction 1: Judicial Supremacy as Orthodoxy 2: Who Participates? 3: Federalism 4: Separation of Powers 5: The War Power 6: Privacy 7: Race 8: Speech 9: Religion 10: The Ongoing Dialogue Notes Case Index Subject Index