The Nature of Constitutional Rights
Subtitle: The Invention and Logic of Strict Judicial Scrutiny
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: Apr 25, 2019
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781108483261
Description: "What does it mean to have a constitutional right in an era in which most rights must yield to 'compelling governmental interests'? After recounting the little-known history of the invention of the compelling-interest formula during the 1960s, The Nature of Constitutional Rights examines what must be true about constitutional rights for them to be identified and enforced via 'strict scrutiny' and other, similar, judge-crafted tests. The book's answers not only enrich philosophical understanding of the concept of a 'right', but also produce important practical payoffs. Its insights should affect how courts decide cases and how citizens should think about the judicial role. Contributing to the conversation between originalists and legal realists, Richard H. Fallon, Jr explains what constitutional rights are, what courts must do to identify them, and why the protections that they afford are more limited than most people think"--
Notes: Source title: The Nature of Constitutional Rights: The Invention and Logic of Strict Judicial Scrutiny (Cambridge Studies on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties)