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035			_a(DE-B1597)574653
035			_a(OCoLC)1257325009
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072		7	_aLAW018000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a342.73
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
100	1		_aEISGRUBER, Christopher L. _eautore
245	1	0	_aConstitutional Self-Government / _cChristopher L. EISGRUBER.
264		1	_aCambridge, MA : _bHarvard University Press, _c[2021]
264		4	_c©2001
300			_a1 online resource (272 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
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520			_aMost of us regard the Constitution as the foundation of American democracy. How, then, are we to understand the restrictions that it imposes on legislatures and voters? Why, for example, does the Constitution allow unelected judges to exercise so much power? And why is this centuries-old document so difficult to amend? In short, how can we call ourselves a democracy when we are bound by an entrenched, and sometimes counter-majoritarian, constitution? In Constitutional Self-Government, Christopher Eisgruber focuses directly on the Constitution's seemingly undemocratic features. Whereas other scholars have tried to reconcile these features with majority rule, or simply acknowledged them as necessary limits on democracy, Eisgruber argues that constitutionalism is best regarded not as a constraint upon self-government, but as a crucial ingredient in a complex, non-majoritarian form of democracy. In an original and provocative argument, he contends that legislatures and elections provide only an incomplete representation of the people, and he claims that the Supreme Court should be regarded as another of the institutions able to speak for Americans about justice. At a pivotal moment of worldwide interest in judicial review and renewed national controversy over the Supreme Court's role in politics, Constitutional Self-Government ingeniously locates the Constitution's value in its capacity to sustain an array of institutions that render self-government meaningful for a large and diverse people.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Mai 2022)
650		0	_aDemocracy _xUnited States.
650		0	_aDemocracy.
650		0	_aJudicial review _xUnited States.
650		0	_aJudicial review _zUnited States.
650		0	_aLegislative power _xUnited States.
650		0	_aLegislative power _zUnited States.
650		0	_aRepresentative government and representation _xUnited States.
650		0	_aRepresentative government and representation _zUnited States.
650		7	_aLAW / Constitutional. _2bisacsh
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674034464?locatt=mode:legacy
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674034464
856	4	2	_3Cover _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780674034464/original
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