Making our democracy work : a judge's view / Stephen Breyer.
2010
KF4575 .B73 2010 (Map It)
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Author
Title
Making our democracy work : a judge's view / Stephen Breyer.
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2010.
Call Number
KF4575 .B73 2010
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780307269911
0307269914
0307269914
Description
xiv, 270 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)495271383
Summary
Justice Breyer discusses what the Court must do going forward to maintain that public confidence and argues for interpreting the Constitution in a way that works in practice. He forcefully rejects competing approaches that look exclusively to the Constitution's text or to the eighteenth-century views of the framers. Instead, he advocates a pragmatic approach that applies unchanging constitutional values to ever-changing circumstances--an approach that will best demonstrate to the public that the Constitution continues to serve us well.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-254) and index.
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Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch fund
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The Arthur W. Diamond Law Library
Purchased from the income of the Edith L. Fisch fund
Table of Contents
Author's Note
ix
Introduction
xi
pt. I
The People's Trust
1
One.
Judicial Review: The Democratic Anomaly
3
Two.
Establishing Judicial Review: Marbury v. Madison
12
Three.
The Cherokees
22
Four.
Dred Scott
32
Five.
Little Rock
49
Six.
A Present-Day Example
68
pt. II
Decisions That Work
73
Seven.
The Basic Approach
75
Eight.
Congress, Statutes, and Purposes
88
Nine.
The Executive Branch, Administrative Action, and Comparative Expertise
106
Ten.
The States and Federalism: Decentralization and Subsidiarity
121
Eleven.
Other Federal Courts: Specialization
137
Twelve.
Past Court Decisions: Stability
149
pt. III
Protecting Individuals
157
Thirteen.
Individual Liberty: Permanent Values and Proportionality
159
Fourteen.
The President, National Security, and Accountability: Korematsu
172
Fifteen.
Presidential Power: Guantanamo and Accountability
194
Conclusion
215
Appendix A
Images
221
Appendix B
Background: The Court
228
Acknowledgments
233
Notes
235
Index
255