Judicial Activism
Judicial Activism: Selected full-text books and articles
Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. the American People
Routledge, 2003
Leveraging the Law: Using the Courts to Achieve Social Change
Peter Lang, 1998
The Activist Advocate: Policy Making in State Supreme Courts
Praeger Publishers, 1999
Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption, and Incompetence on the Bench
Basic Books, 1998
Librarian's tip: Chap. 4 "Juristocracy: The Unelected Legislature," Chap. 5 "Juristocracy II: Government by Decree," and Chap. 8 "Dethroning the Juristocracy: How to Deal with Judges Who Are Too Activist -- and with Those Not Activist Enough"
Judges on Judging: Views from the Bench
Chatham House Publishers, 1997
Librarian's tip: Chap. 29 "The Two Faces of Judicial Activism"
PRIMARY SOURCE
A primary source is a work that is being studied, or that provides first-hand or direct evidence on a topic. Common types of primary sources include works of literature, historical documents, original philosophical writings, and religious texts.
Truman's Court: A Study in Judicial Restraint
Greenwood Press, 1988
Librarian's tip: Chap. One "Judicial Restraint versus Judicial Activism"
A Conservative Case for Judicial Activism
The Public Interest, No. 111, Spring 1993
One Man's Activist: What Republicans Really Mean When They Condemn Judicial Activism
The Washington Monthly, Vol. 29, No. 11, November 1997
The Constitution and the Courts: A Question of Legitimacy
Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, Vol. 24, No. 1, Fall 2000
PEER-REVIEWED PERIODICAL
Peer-reviewed publications on Questia are publications containing articles which were subject to evaluation for accuracy and substance by professional peers of the article's author(s).
Keeping Legal History "Legal" and Judicial Activism in Perspective: A Reply to Richard Pildes
Constitutional Commentary, Vol. 19, No. 3, Winter 2002
Judicial Legislation: A Study in American Legal Theory
Ronald Press, 1952
The Judiciary: The Supreme Court in the Governmental Process
Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1991 (8th edition)
Librarian's tip: Chap. 2 "Courts and Public Policy: Personnel, Judicial Review, and Activism vs. Restraint"
Abortion Controversy in Canada and the United States
Canadian-American Public Policy, No. 25, February 1996
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