Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-177) and index.
Contents
1. The Supreme Court : law or politics -- 2. The historical dimension of the dilemma -- 3. The Democratic dimension of the dilemma : unelected policymaking -- 4. The institutional dimension of the dilemma : constitutional and self-imposed limitations -- 5. The judicial capacity dimension of the dilemma : does the Supreme Court have the ability to make policy -- 6. The individual dimension of the dilemma : the bases for decisions -- 7. Toward resolving the dilemma : a return to the recent past.
