Constitutional politics in a conservative era

• Other Authors: Sarat, Austin
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, UK : JAI, 2008.
• Series: Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 44, special issue.
• Subjects: Sociological jurisprudence.; Law > Political aspects.; Constitutional law > United States.; Law > Political aspects > United States.; Conservatism > United States.; Political science & theory.; Political Science > History & Theory.; United States > Politics and government > 1989-

This volume of "Studies in Law, Politics, and Society" presents a unique special issue "Constitutional Politics in a Conservative Era". This issue brings together the work of leading scholars of Constitutionalism, Constitutional law, and politics in the United States to take stoc...

Table of Contents:

• Understanding the impact and visibility of ideological change on the Supreme Court / Scott E. Lemieux and George I. Lovell
• An indifference thesis: constitutional law and politics in an era of "conservative domination" of the judiciary / Ira L. Strauber
• Popular constitutionalism: the new living constitutionalism / George Thomas
• Political regimes and the future of the first amendment / Thomas F. Burke
• Confirmation obfuscation: Supreme Court confirmation politics in a conservative era / David A. Yalof
• Why does a moderate/conservative Supreme Court in a conservative age expand gay rights?: Lawrence v. Texas (2003) in legal and political time / Ronald Kahn.