Cloaking of Power - Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism

Informationen zum Autor Paul O. Carrese is professor of political science at the United States Air Force Academy. He is coeditor of John Marshall's The Life of George Washington and Constitutionalism! Executive Power! and Popular Enlightenment. Klappentext How did the US judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges once vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law! constitutionalism! and liberal democracy? This title deals with these questions. "With The Cloaking of Power, Paul O. Carrese has established himself as a first-rate scholar working at the intersection of political philosophy and judicial politics.... This book should be of interest even to those who disagree with his prescriptions for contemporary American judicial power." (Claremont Review of Books)" Zusammenfassung How did the US judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges once vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law! constitutionalism! and liberal democracy? This title deals with these questions.

Product details

• Authors: Paul O. Carrese, Carrese Paul O.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.10.2013
• EAN: 9780226100609
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10060-9
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, LAW / Legal History, Political structure & processes, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Political structure and processes