In Defense of a Political Court

Name: In Defense of a Political Court
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ISBN: 9780691007182

ISBN-10: 0691007187

ISBN-13: 9780691007182

Edition: 1999

Authors: Terri Jennings Peretti

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This text argues for an openly political role for the Supreme Court. The author asserts that politically motivated constitutional decision making is not only inevitable, it is legitimate and desirable as well.

Book details

List price: $51.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 11/18/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.94" wide x 9.02" long x 1.06" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



The Failure of Contemporary Constitutional Theory



Conventional Constitutional Theory: The Neutralist Approach



Constitutional Indeterminacy and Judicial Subjectivity: Critical Legal Studies



The Skeptics and the Idea of Provisional Review



In Defense of a Political Court


Introduction



The Virtues of Political Motive in Constitutional Decisionmaking: Political Representation



The Virtues of Political Motive in Constitutional Decisionmaking: A Constrained and Consensus-Seeking Court



A Political Court and the "Crisis of Legitimacy"



Democratic Theory Revisited



Whither the Court and Constitution?


Notes


Bibliography


Table of Cases


Index