The Judiciary and American Democracy : Alexander Bickel, the Countermajoritarian Difficulty, and Contemporary Constitutional Theory.

Intro -- THE JUDICIARY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY -- CONTENTS -- INTRODUCTION Kenneth D. Ward -- 1. PRINCIPLE, PRUDENCE, AND JUDICIAL POWER Robert F. Nagel -- 2. THE JURISPRUDENCE OF CONSTITUTIONAL REGIMES: ALEXANDER BICKEL AND CASS SUNSTEIN Mark Tushnet -- 3. ALEXANDER BICKEL AND THE NEW JUDICIAL MINIMALISM Christopher J. Peters and Neal Devins -- 4. DEMOCRATIC CONSTITUTIONALISM: THE BICKEL-ACKERMAN DIALECTIC David M. Golove -- 5. THE COUNTERMAJORITARIAN DIFFICULTY: TRADITION VERSUS ORIGINAL MEANING Stanley C. Brubaker -- 6. AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF ALEXANDER BICKEL'S THE LEAST DANGEROUS BRANCH Terri Peretti -- 7. BICKEL AND THE NEW PROCEDURALISTS Kenneth D.Ward -- 8. CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY AND THE FACES OF POWER Keith E.Whittington -- CONTRIBUTORS -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Examines recent debates in constitutional theory in light of the work of Alexander Bickel.

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