The countermajoritarian difficulty: From courts to congress to constitutional order

Annual Review of Law and Social Science

Volumn 4, Issue , 2008, Pages 361-384

  Graber, Mark A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF LAW   (United States)

Author keywords

Accountability; Democracy; Judicial review

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649194814     PISSN: 15503585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.lawsocsci.4.110707.172404     Document Type: Article

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