Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction: The Idea of Constitutionalism 1
4. PART I. Philosophical Perspectives
5. Chapter One: Ideas of Constitutionalism Ancient and Modern 11
6. Chapter Two: On Liberal Constitutionalism 30
7. PART II. Historical Perspectives: American Constitutional History
8. Chapter Three: Judicial Review and the Incomplete Constitution: A Madisonian Perspective on the Supreme Court and the Idea of Constitutionalism 53
9. Chapter Four: Constitutionalism as Judicial Review: Historical Lessons from the U.S. Case 78
10. Chapter Five Who Has Authority over the Constitution of the United States? 95
11. PART III. Comparative Perspectives
12. Chapter Six: The Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutionalism: The Implications of the Development of Alternative Forms of Judicial Review 115
13. Chapter Seven: The Sounds of Silence: Militant and Acquiescent Constitutionalism 131
14. PART IV. Constitutionalism and Democracy
15. Chapter Eight: Constitutionalism and Democracy: Understanding the Relation 161
16. Chapter Nine: Active Liberty and the Problem of Judicial Oligarchy 170
17. Chapter Ten: Judicial Power and Democracy: A Machiavellian View 199
18. PART V. Constitutionalism and Politics
19. Chapter Eleven: Constitutional Constraints in Politics 221
20. Chapter Twelve: “The Court Will Clean It Up”: Executive Power, Constitutional Contestation, and War Powers 235
21. Notes 255
22. Contributors 307
23. Index 311
24. Acknowledgments 319