DIRECTORY OF CONTRIBUTORS
GENERAL INTRODUCTION: The Judicial Branch as an Institution of
American Constitutional DemocracyJarosla Pelikan:
INTRODUCTIONKermit L. Hall and Kevin T. McGuire:
SECTION I: CONSTITUTIONAL MOMENTS, JUDICIAL LEADERSHIP, AND THE
EVOLUTION OF DEMOCRACY
1: William E. Nelson: The Historical Foundations of the American
Judiciary
2: Cass R. Sunstein: Judges and Democracy: The Changing Role of the
United States Supreme Court
3: Judicial Independence and the Majoritarian Difficulty:
SECTION II: COURTS IN THE CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM
4: Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.: The Judiciary and the Separation of
Powers
5: Keith E. Whittington: Judicial Review and Interpretation: Have
the Courts Become Sovereign When Interpreting the Constitution?
6: Joel B. Grossman: Paths to the Bench: Selecting Supreme Court
Justices in a "Juristocratic" World
7: Paul R. Brace and Melinda Gann Hall: Is Judicial Federalism
Essential to Democracy? State Courts in the Federal System
8: Donald P. Kommers: American Courts and Democracy: A Comparative
Perspective
SECTION III: COURTS, CULTURES, AND PUBLICS
9: Lynn Mather: Courts in American Popular Culture
10: Gregory A. Caldeira and Kevin T. McGuire: What Americans Know
about the Courts and Why It Matters
11: Gerald N. Rosenberg: The Impact of Courts on American Life
12: Doris Marie Provine: Judicial Activism and American
Democracy
SECTION IV: RIGHTS, LIBERTIES, AND DEMOCRACY
13: Charles R. Epp: Courts and the Rights Revolution
14: Sue Davis: Discrimination Through Direct Democracy: The Role of
the Judiciary in the Pursuit of Equality
15: Mark A. Graber: From Republic to Democracy: The Judiciary and
the Political Process
16: David A. Yalof: Courts and the Definition of Defendants'
Rights
17: Douglas S. Reed: Public Education, Democratic Life, and the
American Courts
SECTION V: PROPERTY RIGHTS
18: James W. Ely, Jr.: Property Rights and Democracy in the
American Constitutional Order
SECTION VI: WHITHER THE JUDICIARY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY?
19: Lawrence Baum: The Future of the Judicial Branch: Courts and
Democracy in the Twenty-First Century
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