Michelman Brennan and Democracy

Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2336-9
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
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E-Book, Englisch, 160 Seiten

MichelmanFrank I.:

Frank I. Michelman is Robert Walmsley University Professor of Law at Harvard University. He was law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. during the 1961-62 term of the U.S. Supreme Court.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Michelman, Frank I.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Berufs- und Gebührenrecht freie Berufe Rechtsanwälte und Notare
• Rechtswissenschaften Öffentliches Recht Staats- und Verfassungsrecht
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgments ix

Chapter 1. Brennan's Constitutional Democracy 3

Constitutional Law, Constitutional Theory 3

The Paradox of Constitutional Democracy 4

Democracy, Individuals, and Self-Government 11

The Substantive Conception of Democracy 16

A Paradox of Democratic Commitment 33

The Procedural Conception of Democracy 34

The Remaining Possibility for Self-Government in Politics 51

Politics and Knowledge 54

Distrust and Democracy (Responsive Democracy with a Difference) 57

Brennan on Democracy 60

Chapter 2. Brennan's Democratic Liberalism 63

The Judge as Political Theorist 63

Liberal Political Thought 65

Justice Brennan and Liberal "Romance" 68

Community 89

Equality, Groups, and Positive Social Rights 119

Summation: Who Is Brennan to Us? 133

Epilogue 139

Index 147

Über Autor(innen)

Frank I. Michelman is Robert Walmsley University Professor of Law at Harvard University. He was law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. during the 1961-62 term of the U.S. Supreme Court.