Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution

Breyer, Stephen

ISBN 10: 0307274942 / ISBN 13: 9780307274946

Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2006

This copy has clearly been enjoyedâ expect noticeable shelf wear and some minor creases to the cover. Binding is strong, and all pages are legible. May contain previous library markings or stamps. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers DBV.0307274942.A

Inhaltsangabe:

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.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Stephen Breyer is a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is a resident of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Washington, D.C.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic ...
Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: acceptable