Active Liberty Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution

Name: Active Liberty Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution
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ISBN: 9780307274946

ISBN-10: 0307274942

ISBN-13: 9780307274946

Edition: N/A

Authors: Stephen Breyer

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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…

Book details

List price: $15.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 10/10/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.18" wide x 7.98" long x 0.38" tall
Weight: 0.396



Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Theme: Active Liberty


The Theme Considered...


...As Falling Within an Interpretive Tradition...


...And Consistent with the Constitution's History


Applications


Speech


Federalism


Privacy


Affirmative Action


Statutory Interpretation


Administrative Law


Recapitulation


A Serious Objection


Epilogue


Notes


Index