{"product_id":"our-unsettled-constitution-a-new-defense-of-constitutionalism-and-judicial-review-0300085311","title":"Our Unsettled Constitution: A New Defense of Constitutionalism and Judicial Review","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0300085311\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Seidman, Louis Michael\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOurs is an age of growing doubt about constitutional theory and of outright hostility to any theory that defends judicial review. Why should a tiny number of unelected judges be able to validate or invalidate laws on such politically controversial issues as abortion, religion, gender, and sex-or even determine how the president is elected? In this provocative book, a leading constitutional theorist offers an entirely original defense of judicial review. Louis Michael Seidman argues that judicial review is defensible if we set aside common but erroneous assumptions-that constitutional law should be independent from our political commitments and that the role of constitutional law is to settle political disagreement.Seidman develops a theory of unsettlement. A constitution that unsettles, that destabilizes outcomes produced by the political process, creates no permanent losers nursing deep-seated grievances, he says. An unsettling constitution helps to build a community founded on consent by enticing losers into a continuing conversation. The author applies this theory to an array of well-known cases heard by the Supreme Court over the past several decades, including the fall 2000 election decision.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51737971523872,"sku":"NEW0300085311","price":82.22,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/61kX5P40osL.jpg?v=1779579551","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/our-unsettled-constitution-a-new-defense-of-constitutionalism-and-judicial-review-0300085311","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}