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1 online resource (xiv, 335 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-313) and index. |
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1: Montesquieu's jurisprudence and new judicial power -- Moderating liberalism and common law: spirit and juridical liberty -- Moderate and juridical government: the spirit of constitutional liberty -- Projects for reform: due process, national spirit, and liberal toleration -- The new aristocracy of the robe: history, reason, and judicial prudence -- 2: Blackstone and the Montesquieuan constitution -- Blackstone's liberal education for law and politics -- A gothic and liberal Constitution: Blackstone's tempering of sovereignty -- Blackstone, Lord Mansfield, and common-law liberalism -- 3: Montesquieu's judicial legacy in America -- Hamilton's common-law constitutionalism and judicial prudence -- Tocqueville's judicial statesmanship and common-law spirit -- Holmes and judicialized liberalism -- Conclusion: the cloaking of power and the perpetuation of constitutionalism. |
| Summary |
How did the U.S. judiciary become so powerful-powerful enough that state and federal judges vied to decide a presidential election? What does this prominence mean for the law, constitutionalism, and liberal democracy both in America and internationally?In The Cloaking of Power, Paul O. Carrese provides a provocative and original analysis of the intellectual sources of today's powerful judiciary, arguing that Montesquieu, in his Spirit of the Laws, first articulated a new conception of the separation of powers and of strong but subtle courts. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755.
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. |
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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780.
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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. |
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, 1689-1755 baron de. |
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Blackstone, William, 1723-1780. |
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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, baron de, 1689-1755. |
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Blackstone, William, Sir, 1723-1780. |
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Judicial process -- Political aspects -- History.
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Judicial process -- Political aspects. |
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History. |
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Judicial process. |
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Political questions and judicial power -- History.
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Political questions and judicial power. |
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Judicial power -- History.
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Judicial power. |
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Liberalism -- History.
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Liberalism. |
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Jurisprudence -- History.
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Jurisprudence. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Carrese, Paul. Cloaking of power. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2003 9780226094823 (DLC) 2002152313 (OCoLC)50851727 |
| ISBN |
9780226094830 (electronic book) |
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0226094839 (electronic book) |
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9780226094823 |
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0226094820 (cloth : alkaline paper) |
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