
The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism And Judicial Review
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. "Popular sovereignty" was not just some historical abstraction, and the notion of "the people" was more th...
Paperback: 376 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (December 8, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0195306457
ISBN-13: 978-0195306453
Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 0.9 x 5.7 inches
Amazon Rank: 1229618
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“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 ...”
n a flip rhetorical device invoked on the campaign trail. Questions of constitutional meaning provoked vigorous public debate and the actions of government officials were greeted with celebratory feasts and bonfires, or riotous resistance. Americans treated the Constitution as part of the lived reality of their daily existence. Their self-sovereignty in law as much as politics was active not abstract.
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