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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Good overview of post New Deal constitutional development,
This review is from: The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism (Paperback)
Prof. Keck has written an interesting book on Constitutional Law since the New Deal, focusing on the debate over the proper scope of judicial review in the Supreme Court(ie: should judges be activist and make their own substantive appreciations on policy questions or should they faithfully defer to other supposedly more democratic branches of government). The author nicely weaves this story with another one, that of the rise of judicial conservatism and judicial activism on the right that has been going on for more than twenty five years now. In so doing, the book sheds light on the conservative fallacy that conservative judges are more deferent to elected branches than liberal judges. However, the book does not really inquire into the structural features of American constitutionalism that make the practice of judicial review such a double edged sword for liberals and conservatives alike and does not tell much about collective decision making on the Court. Still well worth reading for its clarity and relatively broad historical sweep.
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The Most Activist Supreme Court in History: The Road to Modern Judicial Conservatism by Thomas Moylan Keck (Paperback - October 8, 2004)
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