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• catalog abstract ""Most 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."--Jacket.".
• catalog contributor b12192616.
• catalog created "2001.".
• catalog date "2001".
• catalog date "2001.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
• catalog description ""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."--Jacket.".
• catalog description ""Most 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?"".
• catalog description "1. The Democratic Functions of Inflexible Constitutions -- 2. Judicial Review and Democratic Legitimacy -- 3. Judicial Review and Democratic Flourishing -- 4. Text and History in Hard Cases -- 5. Liberty, Strategy, and Tradition -- 6. Judicial Maintenance of Political Institutions.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-251) and index.".
• catalog extent "ix, 260 p. ;".
• catalog hasFormat "Constitutional self-government.".
• catalog identifier "0674006089 (cloth : alk. paper)".
• catalog isFormatOf "Constitutional self-government.".
• catalog issued "2001".
• catalog issued "2001.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press,".
• catalog relation "Constitutional self-government.".
• catalog spatial "United States.".
• catalog subject "320.973 21".
• catalog subject "Democracy.".
• catalog subject "Judicial review United States.".
• catalog subject "KF4575 .E37 2001".
• catalog subject "Legislative power United States.".
• catalog subject "Representative government and representation United States.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. The Democratic Functions of Inflexible Constitutions -- 2. Judicial Review and Democratic Legitimacy -- 3. Judicial Review and Democratic Flourishing -- 4. Text and History in Hard Cases -- 5. Liberty, Strategy, and Tradition -- 6. Judicial Maintenance of Political Institutions.".
• catalog title "Constitutional self-government / Christopher L. Eisgruber.".
• catalog type "text".