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On Law And Democratic Development: Popular Constitutionalism And Judicial Supremacy, Daan Braveman
On Law And Democratic Development: Popular Constitutionalism And Judicial Supremacy, Daan Braveman
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
I was asked to comment on the topic of the conference as it relates to the United States. It is not simply my law background that persuaded me to focus on the issue of judicial supremacy. Examination of law and democracy in the United States at some point must tum its attention to the role of the courts, particularly the Supreme Court, in furthering democratic principles. A fundamental aspect of our democratic experience has been the institution of judicial review, the proposition that unelected, life-tenured judges have the power to declare that our elected representatives have acted unconstitutionally. This is …
The Contribution Of Brown V. Board Of Education To Law And Democratic Development, Charles V. Willie
The Contribution Of Brown V. Board Of Education To Law And Democratic Development, Charles V. Willie
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
This article on law and democratic development will focus on Brown v. Board of Education. We celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Brown I in the year 2004 and we celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of Brown II in the year 2005. I know that Brown is an important event on which to anchor an analysis of law and democratic development because of a conference I attended in April 2004, in South Africa. The conference was sponsored by the University of Pretoria and was staged for the purpose of celebrating the tenth anniversary of South Africa as a democracy and the fiftieth …