The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism

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Introduction: Idea of Constitutionalism -Steven Kautz, Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman PART I. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. Ideas of Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern -Nathan Tarcov 2. On Liberal Constitutionalism -Steven Kautz PART II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY 3. Judicial Review and the Incomplete Constitution: A Madisonian Perspective on the Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism -Michael P. Zuckert 4. Constitutionalism as Judicial Review: Historical Lessons from the U.S. Case -Leslie Friedman Goldstein 5. Who Has Authority over the Constitution of the United States? -James Stoner PART III. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES 6. Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutionalism: Implications of the Development of Alternative Forms of Judicial Review -Mark Tushnet 7. Sounds of Silence: Militant and Acquiescent Constitutionalism -Gary Jeffrey Jacobsohn PART IV. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY 8. Constitutionalism and Democracy: Understanding the Relation -Larry Alexander 9. Active Liberty and the Problem of Judicial Oligarchy -Robert P. Young, Jr. 10. Judicial Power and Democracy: A Machiavellian View -Rogers M. Smith PART V. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICS 11. Constitutional Constraints in Politics -Keith E. Whittington 12. The Court Will Clean It Up: Executive Power, Constitutional Contestation, and War Powers -Benjamin A. Kleinerman Notes List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments