Keeping the People's Liberties: Legislators, Citizens, and Judges as Guardians of Rights

by John J. Dinan

Book Overview

Which branch of government should be entrusted with safeguarding individual rights? Conventional wisdom assigns this responsibility to the courts, on the grounds that liberty can only be protected through judicial interpretation of bills of rights. In fact it is difficult for many people even to conceive of any other way that rights might be protected. John Dinan challenges this understanding by tracing and evaluating the different methods that have...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700609059
• ISBN13: 9780700609055
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"