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Democracy, Liberty, and Judicial Review

Name: Democracy, Liberty, and Judicial Review
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009661614
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Author: Alexander Kaufman
ISBN: 9781009661614

By Alexander Kaufman

Cambridge University Press January 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781009661614
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: January 2026
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Contemporary democratic theory often posits that the will of the majority should resolve fundamental questions regarding rights, rather than the courts. However, this perspective misunderstands the essence of democracy, where the protection of basic liberties by the judiciary is, in fact, integral to democratic governance. Recent Supreme Court decisions have made it a challenging time to defend judicial review, seemingly validating the concerns of its critics. Are the sceptics correct in asserting that an unrepresentative branch should not decide fundamental questions about rights? Alexander Kaufman argues that such a conclusion overlooks the crucial role judicial review has played in modern democracies: dismantling Jim Crow laws, abolishing poll taxes, and striking down numerous other discriminatory laws enacted by elected representatives-laws that erode democratic values. Far from diluting democracy, judicial review is a vital component of it and abandoning this practice would be a concession to its adversaries.

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part I. The Majoritarian Critique and the Constitutionalist Response:

1. Majoritarian arguments

2. Judicial review and the constitutionalist conception of democracy

3. Bad consequences: consequentialist criticisms of judicial review

Part II. Indirect Attacks on Judicial Review:

4. The failure of originalism as a theory of legal reasoning

5. An economic theory of law?

Part III. Democracy, Liberty, and Judicial Review:

6. What is democracy?

7. Representation and democracy: the merger of opposites

8. Protecting liberties in a democracy

9. Judicial reasoning in a democracy

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