Direct democracy and the courts
By: Kenneth P. Miller.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780521765640; 9780521747714
Subjects: Direct democracy -- United States; Judicial review -- United States
Description: "Who should have the last word on fundamental policy issues? This book analyzes the rise of two contenders - the people, through direct democracy, and the courts. It 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 threatens to produce a backlash against judges and raises profound questions about the proper scope of popular sovereignty and judicial power in a constitutional system."--[from book].
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.