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| Named Person: | Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de; William Blackstone; Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de; William Blackstone, Sir; William Blackstone; Charles Louis de Secondat de Montesquieu; Charles-Louis de Secondat Montesquieu, baron de La Brède et de).; William Blackstone |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Paul Carrese |
| ISBN: | 0226094820 9780226094823 |
| OCLC Number: | 50851727 |
| Description: | xiv, 335 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | 1: Montesquieu's jurisprudence and new judicial power -- Moderating liberalism and common law: spirit and juridical liberty -- Moderate and juridical government: the spirit of constitutional liberty -- Projects for reform: due process, national spirit, and liberal toleration -- The new aristocracy of the robe: history, reason, and judicial prudence -- 2: Blackstone and the Montesquieuan constitution -- Blackstone's liberal education for law and politics -- A gothic and liberal Constitution: Blackstone's tempering of sovereignty -- Blackstone, Lord Mansfield, and common-law liberalism -- 3: Montesquieu's judicial legacy in America -- Hamilton's common-law constitutionalism and judicial prudence -- Tocqueville's judicial statesmanship and common-law spirit -- Holmes and judicialized liberalism -- Conclusion: the cloaking of power and the perpetuation of constitutionalism. |
| Responsibility: | Paul O. Carrese. |
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- Judicial process -- Political aspects -- History.
- Political questions and judicial power -- History.
- Judicial power -- History.
- Liberalism -- History.
- Jurisprudence -- History.
- Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, -- baron de, -- 1689-1755.
- Blackstone, William, -- 1723-1780.
- Blackstone, William, -- Sir, -- 1723-1780.
- Processus judiciaire -- Aspect politique -- Histoire.
- Politique et pouvoir judiciaire -- Histoire.
- Pouvoir judiciaire -- Histoire.
- Libéralisme -- Histoire.
- Droit -- Philosophie -- Histoire.
- Blackstone, William.
- Montesquieu, Charles Louis de Secondat de.
- De.
- Gerichtsbarkeit.
- USA.
- Montesquieu, Charles-Louis de Secondat -- (1689-1755; -- baron de La Brède et de).
- Blackstone, William -- (1723-1780).
- Processus judiciaire -- Aspect politique.
