University of Pittsburgh

Direct democracy and the courts.

This book demonstrates that courts have used an expanding power of judicial review to invalidate citizen-enacted laws at remarkably high rates. The resulting conflict between the people and the courts raises profound questions about the proper scope of popular sovereignty and judicial power in a constitutional system.

ISBN: 9780521765640
PittCat: JF494.M55 2009

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