Democracy and Distrust - A Theory of Judicial Review

Informationen zum Autor John Hart Ely was Robert E. Paradise Professor of Law, Stanford Law School. Klappentext This book elaborates a third theory of judicial review! one that the author argues is consistent with those underlying assumptions! in fact constructed so as to enlist the courts in helping to make them a reality. Zusammenfassung This powerfully argued appraisal of judicial review may change the face of American law. Written for layman and scholar alike! the book addresses one of the most important issues facing Americans today: within what guidelines shall the Supreme Court apply the strictures of the Constitution to the complexities of modern life?

Product details

• Authors: J. Ely, John Ely, John Hart Ely, Ely John Hart
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.03.2004
• EAN: 9780674196377
• ISBN: 978-0-674-19637-7
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: Harvard Paperbacks; Harvard Paperbacks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Law, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, Political structures: democracy