Judicial Review and Contemporary Democratic Theory: Power, Domination, and the Courts

Scott E. Lemieux,David J. Watkins

Judicial Review and Contemporary Democratic Theory: Power, Domination, and the Courts
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Published
2 November 2017
Pages
184
ISBN
9781138095199

Judicial Review and Contemporary Democratic Theory: Power, Domination, and the Courts

Scott E. Lemieux,David J. Watkins

For decades, the question of judicial review’s status in a democratic political system has been adjudicated through the framework of what Alexander Bickel labeled the counter-majoritarian difficulty. That is, the idea that judicial review is particularly problematic for democracy because it opposes the will of the majority.

Judicial Review and Contemporary Democratic Theory begins with an assessment of the empirical and theoretical flaws of this framework, and an account of the ways in which this framework has hindered meaningful investigation into judicial review’s value within a democratic political system. To replace the counter-majoritarian difficulty framework, Scott E. Lemieux and David J. Watkins draw on recent work in democratic theory emphasizing democracy’s opposition to domination and analyses of constitutional court cases in the United States, Canada, and elsewhere to examine judicial review in its institutional and political context.

Developing democratic criteria for veto points in a democratic system and comparing them to each other against these criteria, Lemieux and Watkins yield fresh insights into judicial review’s democratic value. This book is essential reading for students of law and courts, judicial politics, legal theory and constitutional law.

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