{"product_id":"the-supreme-court-and-the-idea-of-constitutionalism-paperback-softback-9780812221909","title":"The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812221909","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Kautz (Edited by), Arthur Melzer (Edited by), Jerry Weinberger (Edited by), M. Richard Zinman (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812221909\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 August 2011\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.626 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A provocative and illuminating series of essays that interrogates the very idea of constitutionalism rather than any one particular constitutional theory of interpretation or analysis.\"-\u003ci\u003eLaw and Politics Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board of Education\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eRoe v. Wade\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eBush v. Gore\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Idea of Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e -Steven Kautz, Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART I. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES\u003cbr\u003e 1. Ideas of Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern\u003cbr\u003e -Nathan Tarcov\u003cbr\u003e 2. On Liberal Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e -Steven Kautz\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY\u003cbr\u003e 3. Judicial Review and the Incomplete Constitution: A Madisonian Perspective on the Supreme Court and the\u003cbr\u003e Idea of Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e -Michael P. Zuckert\u003cbr\u003e 4. Constitutionalism as Judicial Review: Historical Lessons from the U.S. Case\u003cbr\u003e -Leslie Friedman Goldstein\u003cbr\u003e 5. Who Has Authority over the Constitution of the United States?\u003cbr\u003e -James Stoner\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART III. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutionalism: The Implications of the Development of Alternative Forms of Judicial Review\u003cbr\u003e -Mark Tushnet\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Sounds of Silence: Militant and Acquiescent Constitutionalism\u003cbr\u003e -Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART IV. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY\u003cbr\u003e 8. Constitutionalism and Democracy: Understanding the Relation\u003cbr\u003e -Larry Alexander\u003cbr\u003e 9. Active Liberty and the Problem of Judicial Oligarchy\u003cbr\u003e -Robert P. Young, Jr.\u003cbr\u003e 10. Judicial Power and Democracy: A Machiavellian View\u003cbr\u003e -Rogers M. Smith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART V. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICS\u003cbr\u003e 11. Constitutional Constraints in Politics\u003cbr\u003e -Keith E. Whittington\u003cbr\u003e 12. \"The Court Will Clean It Up\": Executive Power, Constitutional Contestation, and War Powers\u003cbr\u003e -Benjamin A. Kleinerman\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52555687657752,"sku":"9780812221909","price":24.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-supreme-court-and-the-idea-of-constitutionalism-paperback-softback-9780812221909","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}