In Defense of a Political Court

by Terri Jennings Peretti

Book Overview

Can the Supreme Court be free of politics? Do we want it to be? Normative constitutional theory has long concerned itself with the legitimate scope and limits of judicial review. Too often, theorists seek to resolve that issue by eliminating politics from constitutional decisionmaking. In contrast, Terri Peretti argues for an openly political role for the Supreme Court. Peretti asserts that politically motivated constitutional decisionmaking is not...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691009058
• ISBN13: 9780691009056
• Release Date: August 1999
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"