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Towards Juristocracy: The Origins and Consequences of the New Constitutionalism

Ran Hirschl · Harvard University Press · 2004

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Ran Hirschl

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DisputedWhether strong judicial review of legislation is democratically legitimate is disputed: defenders see it as protecting rights from majorities, while critics such as Ran Hirschl describe a transfer of power from elected bodies to courts.