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100 1 $aWaluchow, W. J $q(W. J Waluchow).
245 12 $aA Common Law Theory of Judicial Review$h[electronic resource].
260 $a :$bCambridge University Press,$c2007.
500 $aTitle from eBook information screen.
520 $aIn this study, W. J. Waluchow argues that debates between defenders and critics of constitutional bills of rights presuppose that constitutions are more or less rigid entities. Within such a conception, constitutions aspire to establish stable, fixed points of agreement and pre-commitment, which defenders consider to be possible and desirable, while critics deem impossible and undesirable. Drawing on reflections about the nature of law, constitutions, the common law, and what it is to be a democratic representative, Waluchow urges a different theory of bills of rights that is flexible and adaptable. Adopting such a theory enables one not only to answer to critics' most serious challenges, but also to appreciate the role that a bill of rights, interpreted and enforced by unelected judges, can sensibly play in a constitutional democracy.
533 $aElectronic reproduction.$b :$cCambridge University Press,$d2007.$nRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2004 KB).
538 $aRequires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 2004 KB).
653 #0 $aNonfiction
653 #0 $aPhilosophy
655 7 $aElectronic books.$2local
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