Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution - Stephen Breyer - Bøger - Vintage - 9780307274946 - 10. oktober 2006
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Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution 9.10.2006 edition

Stephen Breyer

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Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution 9.10.2006 edition

A brilliant new approach to the Constitution and courts of the United States by Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. For Justice Breyer, the Constitution?s primary role is to preserve and encourage what he calls ?active liberty?: citizen participation in shaping government and its laws. As this book argues, promoting active liberty requires judicial modesty and deference to Congress; it also means recognizing the changing needs and demands of the populace. Indeed, the Constitution?s lasting brilliance is that its principles may be adapted to cope with unanticipated situations, and Breyer makes a powerful case against treating it as a static guide intended for a world that is dead and gone. Using contemporary examples from federalism to privacy to affirmative action, this is a vital contribution to the ongoing debate over the role and power of our courts.

Medie Bøger     Paperback Bog   (Bog med blødt omslag og limet ryg)
Udgivet 10. oktober 2006
ISBN13 9780307274946
Forlag Vintage
Antal sider 176
Mål 135 × 206 × 10 mm   ·   163 g
Sprog Engelsk  

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