Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Pages: 184
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-8476-8531-8 • Paperback • April 1997 • $53.00 • (£41.00)
Christopher Wolfe, professor of political science at Marquette University, is a highly regarded scholar of constitutional law and political theory. He is the author of The Rise of Modern Judicial Review (second revised edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 1994) and How to Read the Constitution (Rowman & Littlefield, 1996).
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Framing the Issue
Chapter 3 The Constitution and the Need for Adaptation
Chapter 4 Judicial Review and Democracy
Chapter 5 Judicial Review and Good Government
Chapter 6 Democracy and the Indirect Effects of Judicial Review
A thoughtful and illuminating analysis of one of the most influential policy making institutions in contemporary government. Scrupulously fair in his description of the arguments for and against judicial activism, Wolfe presents the political and constitutional debate over the democratic character of judicial review in rich historical detail.
— Herman Belz, University of Maryland
Professor Wolfe has done something remarkable: put analytical rigor into the concept of judicial activism. The result is an extraordinarily penetrating analysis and critique of the Judiciary's usurpation of democratic authority.
— Robert George, Princeton University
Wolfe offers a lucid summary of the main arguments on judicial activism—both pro and con. He presents an intellectually honest dialectic between the traditional and modern views, stability versus change, legal interpretation versus legislating. Wolfe's book is destined to loom large in constitutional scholarship.
— Henry J. Abraham, University of Virginia
-A concise guide to the past, present, and future of judicial review.
-Contains valuable and balanced information about and analysis of the promises and pitfalls of judicial activism.
-Written at a level accessible to college level students.
-This textis appropriate for adoptions in classes on constitutional law, political science, and American political theory and legal studies.