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Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution is a 2005 book by United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The general theme of the book is that Supreme Court justices should, when dealing with constitutional issues, keep "active liberty" in mind, [1] which Justice Breyer defines as the right of the citizenry of ...
- Stephen G. Breyer
- 2005
13. Juni 2007 · His latest book, Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution, based on his Tanner Lecture presented at Harvard University in 2004, is a telling example of how a practical reflection on law can enrich the field of political philosophy. In this essay, Breyer explicitly casts himself as the heir of Benjamin Constant.
- Pierre Rosanvallon
- 2007
Stephen Breyer, Active Liberty: Interpreting a Democratic Constitution (2008). Abstract: What role should courts play in a modern democracy? How should fundamental provisions of a democratic constitution be interpreted?
In a word, these lectures are about democracy and the constitution. They illustrate a democratic theme—“active liberty”—which resonates throughout the constitution. In discussing its role, I hope to illustrate how this constitutional theme can afect a judge’s interpretation of a constitutional text.
2. März 2012 · Active liberty : interpreting our democratic Constitution. This book, based on the Tanner lectures on Human Values that Justice Stephen Breyer delivered at Harvard University in November 2004, defines the term 'active liberty' as a sharing of the nation's sovereign authority with its citizens.
IMI. TH. AL. LAW. JORA. PAUL GEWIRTZ. The Pragmatic Passion of Stephen Breyer. Now in his twelfth year as a Supreme Court Justice, Stephen Breyer has written an important book, Active Liberty,' which crystallizes a fundamental set of beliefs about the American Constitution and his role as a Justice.
ACTIVE LIBERTY: A PROGRESSIVE ALTERNATIVE TO TEXTUALISM AND ORIGINALISM? ACTIVE LIBERTY: INTERPRETING OUR DEMOCRATIC CONSTITU- TION. By Stephen Breyer. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. 2005. Pp. 161. $21.00. Reviewed by Michael W. McConnell* The work of the federal courts generally blunders along unnoticed.
