Author: Ran Hirschl
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: new, constitutionalism, consequences, origins, juristocracy, towards
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2004-03-01
List price: $65.00
ISBN-10: 067401264X
ISBN-13: 9780674012646

In countries and supranational entities around the globe, constitutional reform has transferred an unprecedented amount of power from representative institutions to judiciaries. The constitutionalization of rights and the establishment of judicial review are widely believed to have benevolent and progressive origins, and significant redistributive, power-diffusing consequences. Ran Hirschl challenges this conventional wisdom. Drawing upon a comprehensive comparative inquiry into the political origins and legal consequences of the recent constitutional revolutions in Canada, Israel, New Z