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[Larry D. Kramer] Ò The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review ↠ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review Their self-sovereignty in law as much as politics was active not abstract.. "Popular sovereignty" was not just some historical abstraction, and the notion of "the people" was more than a flip rhetorical device invoked on the campaign trail. Americans treated the Constitution as part of the lived reality of their daily existence. In this groundbreaking interpretation of America's founding and of its entire system of judicial review, Larry Kramer reveals that the colonists fought for and created a
| Title | : | The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.50 (615 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195306457 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 376 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-08 |
| Language | : | English |
Their self-sovereignty in law as much as politics was active not abstract.. "Popular sovereignty" was not just some historical abstraction, and the notion of "the people" was more than a flip rhetorical device invoked on the campaign trail. Americans treated the Constitution as part of the lived reality of their daily existence. In this groundbreaking interpretation of America's founding and of its entire system of judicial review, Larry Kramer reveals that the colonists fought for and created a very different system--and held a very different understanding of citizenship--than Americans believe to be the norm today. Questions of constitutional meaning provoked vigorous public debate and the actions of government officials were greeted with celebratory feasts and bonfires, or riotous resistance
Lang Professor of Law and Dean of Stanford Law School. . Brennan, Jr., of the United States Supreme Court and taught at the law schools of the University of Chicago, the University of Michigan, and New York University before moving to Stanford. He served as a law clerk to Justice William J. He has written extensively in both academic and popular journals on topics involving the role of courts in society. Larry Kramer is Richard E
Kramer forces us to take seriously the possibility that Supreme Court Justices are no better than we are at deciding matters of fundamental moral and political concernwe should thank Kramer for forcing us to take a hard look at the undeniable social costs of judicial review."--Law and Politics Book Review"A major achievementit will be ignored at the peril of anyone who seeks to understand constitutional history is future politics"--American Historical Review"masterful opening chaptersdeserves great praise for his detailed historical research, which recaptures the flavor of early constitutionalism and its deep connection with an active and spirited American people. a manual on how the American people can legitimately exercise their historic right to create what he calls popular constitutionalism."--Newt Gingrich, The New York Post"Rarely since Edmund Burke's 'Speech on Conciliation wit
theottersden said Mixed feelings about Kramer's version of popular constitutionalism. At the outset, I should say that anyone who is interested in constitutional development and/or theory ought to read this book. It is well-written, creative, and thought-provoking. On the other hand, I cannot help but feel that the author wrote two books, one of which was long (the historical part) and one of which was very short (the normative part). I'm still not clear on how Kramer envisions judicial review w/out judicial supremacy in practice and I also think that he . "Should Judicial Review by Limited?" according to Ronald H. Clark. This is a very fine work of scholarship. The research is staggering in its comprehensiveness, and it is a definite contribution to the literature on the federal courts at a time when there is much attention being devoted to judicial power. The basic thesis of the book is that throughout American constitutional history, what the author terms "popular constitutionalism" has played a "pivotal role" in interpreting the Constitution. The author believes that "judicial suprema. "A fabulous book that should be read by every American" according to Craig Matteson. Every year or two a book comes along that provides me insight into a topic that has been nagging at me for many years. Larry Kramer's "The People Themselves" is one of those delightful treasures. It provides a concise and intriguing perspective on the circuitous development and varied fortunes of Judicial Review and Judicial Supremacy throughout American history.I grew up in the sixties, when Judicial Supremacy became the default doctrine of Constitutional interpretation
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