Justice in Plainclothes: A Theory of American Constitutional Practice Tapa dura - 2004

Yale University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press, 2004. BY1 - A first edition (complete numberline) hardcover book SIGNED and inscribed by author to previous owner on the front free endpaper in very good condition in very good dust jacket. Dust jacket and book have some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. 8.5"x5.75", 248 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Even as important elements of constitutional practice in the United States - with a robust and independent constitutional judiciary acting in the name of a written and durable founding document - are being embraced by nations everywhere, those very elements are under attack at home. Politicians and scholars alike charge that it is undemocratic to leave fundamental political choices in the hands of judges. In this important book, Lawrence Sager, a leading constitutional theorist, offers a lucid understanding and compelling defense of American constitutional practice. Sager treats judges as active partners in the enterprise of… Leer más

New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2004. F/F; 248 pages including index; First edition; Fine in blue boards titled in silver; in a Fine dustjacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2004. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has some soiling.. xi, [1], 248, [10] p. Notes. Index. In this important book, Lawrence Sager, a leading constitutional theorist, offers a lucid understanding and compelling defence of American constitutional practice. Sager treats judges as active partners in the enterprise of securing the fundamentals of political justice, and sees the process of constitutional adjudication as a promising and distinctly democratic addition to that enterprise. But his embrace of the constitutional judiciary is not unqualified. Judges in Sager's view should and do stop short of enforcing the whole of the Constitution; and the Supreme Court should welcome rather than condemn the efforts of Congress to pick up the slack. Among the surprising fruit of this justice-seeking account of American constitutional practice are a persuasive case for the constitutional right… Leer más

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Yale University Press, 2004-07-10. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.: Yale Univ Pr. New. 2004. Hardcover. 0300101309 .*** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** – – *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - BRAND NEW, FLAWLESS COPY, NEVER OPENED - 256 pages -- DESCRIPTION: In this important book, Lawrence Sager, a leading constitutional theorist, offers a lucid understanding and compelling defense of American constitutional practice. Sager treats judges as active partners in the enterprise of securing the fundamentals of political justice, and sees the process of constitutional aDJudication as a promising and distinctly democratic addition to that enterprise. But his embrace of the constitutional judiciary is not unqualified. Judges in Sager's view should and do stop short of enforcing the whole of the Constitution; and the Supreme Court should welcome rather than condemn the efforts of Congress to pick up the slack. Among the surprising fruit of this justice-seeking… Leer más