Principled Judicial Restraint: A Case Against Activism
Author:   Jerold Waltman
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:  

9781137490650


Pages:   117
Publication Date:   12 June 2015
Format:   Hardback
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Principled Judicial Restraint: A Case Against Activism


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Like many books, this one argues for a more restrained Supreme Court. Unlike most other books, however, this one grounds that call in a fully elaborated constitutional theory that goes beyond the ""counter-majoritarian difficulty.""

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Author:   Jerold Waltman
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Pivot
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   2.667kg
ISBN:  

9781137490650


ISBN 10:   1137490659
Pages:   117
Publication Date:   12 June 2015
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Where We Are Now 2. How We Got Here, Part 1: From the Old Activism to the Warren Court 3. How We Got Here, Part 2: The Rise of Conservative Judicial Activism 4. A Constitutional Theory of Judicial Restraint 5. Objections 6. Conclusion

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Jerold Waltman is the R.W. Morrison Professor of Political Science at Baylor University, where he teaches constitutional law. He is the author of eight previous books, the most recent of which is Congress, the Supreme Court, and Religious Liberty: The Case of City of Boerne v. Flores (2013).

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