The Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism

Edited by Steven Kautz, Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard Zinman

Steven Kautz is Associate Professor and Arthur Melzer and Jerry Weinberger are Professors in the Department of Political Science at Michigan State University. M. Richard Zinman is University Distinguished Professor of Political Theory in James Madison College at Michigan State University.

Introduction: The Idea of Constitutionalism—Steven Kautz, Arthur Melzer, Jerry Weinberger, and M. Richard ZinmanPART I. PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES1. Ideas of Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern—Nathan Tarcov2. On Liberal Constitutionalism—Steven KautzPART II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES: AMERICAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY3. Judicial Review and the Incomplete Constitution: A Madisonian Perspective on the Supreme Court and theIdea of Constitutionalism—Michael P. Zuckert4. Constitutionalism as Judicial Review: Historical Lessons from the U.S. Case—Leslie Friedman Goldstein5. Who Has Authority over the Constitution of the United States?—James StonerPART III. COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES6. The Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutionalism: The Implications of the Development of Alternative Forms of Judicial Review—Mark Tushnet7. The Sounds of Silence: Militant and Acquiescent Constitutionalism—Gary Jeffrey JacobsohnPART IV. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND DEMOCRACY8. Constitutionalism and Democracy: Understanding the Relation—Larry Alexander9. Active Liberty and the Problem of Judicial Oligarchy—Robert P. Young, Jr.10. Judicial Power and Democracy: A Machiavellian View—Rogers M. SmithPART V. CONSTITUTIONALISM AND POLITICS11. Constitutional Constraints in Politics—Keith E. Whittington12. "The Court Will Clean It Up": Executive Power, Constitutional Contestation, and War Powers—Benjamin A. KleinermanNotesList of ContributorsIndexAcknowledgments