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Making our democracy work : a judge's view
Breyer, Stephen G.,
New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
"Justice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century views of the framers. Instead, he advocates a pragmatic approach that applies unchanging constitutional values to ever-changing circumstances -- an approach that will best demonstrate to the public that the Constitution continues to serve us well."--Jacket.
Bibliographic Information
| Format: | Book |
|---|---|
| Author: | Breyer, Stephen G., 1938- |
| Subject: |
Judicial review Political questions and judicial power Separation of powers |
| Publication Year: | 2010 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | New York, N.Y. : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010. |
| ISBN: | 9780307390837 0307390837 9780307269911 0307269914 |
| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction -- Judicial review : the democratic anomaly -- Establishing judicial review : Marbury v. Madison -- The Cherokees -- Dred Scott -- Little Rock -- A present-day example -- The basic approach -- Congress, statutes, and purposes -- The executive branch, administrative action, and comparative expertise -- The States and Federalism : decentralization and subsidiarity -- Other Federal courts : specialization -- Past court decisions : stability -- Individual liberty : permanent values and proportionality -- The President, national security, and accountability : Korematsu -- Presidential power : Guantánamo and accountability -- Conclusion -- Appendix A : Images -- Appendix B : Background : the Court. |
| Course: |
LAW110 |
Availability at HKSYU Library
| Location | Call number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| English Law Book (4/F Law Library) | L 347.7312 BRE 2010 | Available |