Active Liberty - Interpreting a Democratic Constitution

Zusatztext A brisk! lucid and energetic book! written with conviction and offering a central argument that is at once provocative and appealing...Deserves a place of honour in national debates! now and in the future! about the role of the Supreme Court in American life. Informationen zum Autor Stephen Breyer is a Justice of the Unites States Supreme Court. Klappentext This is an extended, international edition of Justice Breyer's theory of constitutional interpretation, and the role of courts in a modern democracy. For the revised, international edition Breyer includes an examination of topical debates in Europe, including the legitimacy of the EU and religious freedom under the ECHR. Zusammenfassung This is an extended, international edition of Justice Breyer's theory of constitutional interpretation, and the role of courts in a modern democracy. For the revised, international edition Breyer includes an examination of topical debates in Europe, including the legitimacy of the EU and religious freedom under the ECHR. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Active Liberty 2: Freedom of Speech 3: Federalism 4: The Right of Privacy 5: Affirmative Action 6: Statutory Interpretation 7: Administrative Law 8: Purposive Interpretation 9: A Broader Application

Product details

• Authors: Stephen Breyer, Stephen G Breyer, Stephen G. Breyer
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2008
• EAN: 9780199227075
• ISBN: 978-0-19-922707-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Clarendon Law Lectures; Clarendon Law Lectures
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, Political structures: democracy, EU (European Union), Human rights, civil rights, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Political structures / systems: democracy