The Least Dangerous Branch: The Supreme Court at the Bar of Politics
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Rated 5 starsOne of my favorite books on law and the U.S. Constitution
This book is a classic text on judicial restraint and one of the best studies of constitutional law. Law professor Author Alexander M. Bickel was one of the most influential constitutional commentators of the 20th century, and this book is a masterwork. In it, Bickel famously coins the term "countermajoritarian difficulty" to describe his view that judicial review undermines democracy. Whether you are conservative or liberal,...
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Rated 5 starsA classic
This book is one of the true classics of constitutional scholarship. Although written in 1962, the book still contains valuable lessons for current times. In a nutshell, Bickel's approach to judicial review is cautious, skeptical. He possesses doubts as to the reasoning put forward in Marbury v. Madison, the seminal decision laying the groundwork for U.S. judicial review. Yet he is wise enough to realize that in a constitutional...
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