Courting Constitutionalism

Courting Constitutionalism
Author: Moeen Cheema
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2021-12-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108831885

Presents a deeply contextualized account of public law and judicial review in Pakistan.

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism

The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism
Author: Steven J. Kautz
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2011-10-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0812221907

In this volume distinguished constitutional scholars aim to move debate over the Supreme Court beyond the soundbites that divide us to fundamental questions about the nature of constitutionalism.

A Storm over This Court

A Storm over This Court
Author: Jeffrey D. Hockett
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 446
Release: 2013-05-24
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0813933757

On the way to offering a new analysis of the basis of the Supreme Court’s iconic decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Jeffrey Hockett critiques an array of theories that have arisen to explain it and Supreme Court decision making generally. Drawing upon justices’ books, articles, correspondence, memoranda, and draft opinions, A Storm over This Court demonstrates that the puzzle of Brown’s basis cannot be explained by any one theory. Borrowing insights from numerous approaches to analyzing Supreme Court decision making, this study reveals the inaccuracy of the popular perception that most of the justices merely acted upon a shared, liberal preference for an egalitarian society when they held that racial segregation in public education violates the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. A majority of the justices were motivated, instead, by institutional considerations, including a recognition of the need to present a united front in such a controversial case, a sense that the Court had a significant role to play in international affairs during the Cold War, and a belief that the Court had an important mission to counter racial injustice in American politics. A Storm over This Court demonstrates that the infusion of justices’ personal policy preferences into the abstract language of the Constitution is not the only alternative to an originalist approach to constitutional interpretation. Ultimately, Hockett concludes that the justices' decisions in Brown resist any single, elegant explanation. To fully explain this watershed decision—and, by implication, others—it is necessary to employ a range of approaches dictated by the case in question.

Merely Judgment

Merely Judgment
Author: Martin J. Sweet
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2010-11-23
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0813930774

Merely Judgment uses affirmative action in government contracting, legislative vetoes, flag burning, hate speech, and school prayer as windows for understanding how Supreme Court decisions send signals regarding the Court’s policy preferences to institutions and actors (such as lower courts, legislatures, executive branches, and interest groups), and then traces the responses of these same institutions and actors to Court decisions. The lower courts nearly always abide by Supreme Court precedent, but, to a surprising degree, elected branches and other institutions avoid complying with Supreme Court decisions. To explain the persistence of unconstitutional policies and legislation, Sweet isolates the ability of institutions to derail the litigation process. Merely Judgment explores the mechanisms by which litigants and their peers have escaped from the clutches of litigation and thus effectively ignored, evaded, and trumped the Supreme Court.

Courting the People

Courting the People
Author: Anuj Bhuwania
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 168
Release: 2017-01-16
Genre: Law
ISBN: 110714745X

""Studies the politics of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in contemporary India"--Provided by publisher".

Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism
Author: Alejandro Linares Cantillo
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2021-03-11
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0192650513

This book is a compilation of twenty essays prepared for the occasion of the XIII Academic Conference of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Colombia, held in Bogota in January 2019. Gathering some of the most prominent authors in constitutionalism and legal theory, the chapters critically examine classical debates, such as the role of judicial review in a democracy, the enforcement of socio-economic rights, the doctrine of unconstitutional amendments, the use of international and foreign precedents by national Courts, and the theory of transitional justice. The book opens a dialogue between philosophers and empirical researchers, building bridges between 'Global North' and 'Global South' approaches to constitutionalism. As such, it is an invitation to reengage with the classical debates on constitutionalism whilst also providing fresh insights into the future of this discipline.

The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment's Exclusionary Rule

The Supreme Court and the Fourth Amendment's Exclusionary Rule
Author: Tracey Maclin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 414
Release: 2013
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199795479

The application of the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule has divided the justices of the Supreme Court for nearly a century. This book traces the rise and fall of the exclusionary rule with insight and behind-the-scenes access into the Court's thinking.

The Living Constitution

The Living Constitution
Author: David A. Strauss
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2010-05-19
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199703698

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and other "originalists," explaining in clear, jargon-free English how the Constitution can sensibly evolve, without falling into the anything-goes flexibility caricatured by opponents. The living Constitution is not an out-of-touch liberal theory, Strauss further shows, but a mainstream tradition of American jurisprudence--a common-law approach to the Constitution, rooted in the written document but also based on precedent. Each generation has contributed precedents that guide and confine judicial rulings, yet allow us to meet the demands of today, not force us to follow the commands of the long-dead Founders. Strauss explores how judicial decisions adapted the Constitution's text (and contradicted original intent) to produce some of our most profound accomplishments: the end of racial segregation, the expansion of women's rights, and the freedom of speech. By contrast, originalism suffers from fatal flaws: the impossibility of truly divining original intent, the difficulty of adapting eighteenth-century understandings to the modern world, and the pointlessness of chaining ourselves to decisions made centuries ago. David Strauss is one of our leading authorities on Constitutional law--one with practical knowledge as well, having served as Assistant Solicitor General of the United States and argued eighteen cases before the United States Supreme Court. Now he offers a profound new understanding of how the Constitution can remain vital to life in the twenty-first century.

Proportionality and Constitutional Culture

Proportionality and Constitutional Culture
Author: Moshe Cohen-Eliya
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2013-06-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1107021863

A comparison of proportionality, the dominant doctrine in constitutional law worldwide, with the American doctrine of balancing.

Contested Constitutionalism

Contested Constitutionalism
Author: James B. Kelly
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2010
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0774816767

The introduction of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 was accompanied by much fanfare and public debate. This book does not celebrate the Charter; rather it offers a critique by distinguished scholars of law and political science of its effect on democracy, judicial power, and the place of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples twenty-five years later. By employing diverse methodological approaches, contributors shift the focus of debate from the Charter’s appropriateness to its impact – for better or worse – on political institutions, public policy, and conceptions of citizenship in the Canadian federation.