Judicializing Everything?

Judicializing Everything? unfolds political and legal constitutionalism, liberal and post-liberal constitutionalism, macro- and micro-constitutional change, the strength of judicial review, the reach of judicial review, and the law and politics of interpretation of statute law and common law. Mark S. Harding offers a nuanced account of constitutionalism and judicial review in contemporary liberal democracies. - Thomas M.J. Bateman, Professor of Political Science, St. Thomas University How best to protect rights: judicial supremacy or legislative primacy? Mark S. Harding's sophisticated contrast of intra-Commonwealth constitutionalisms suggests the answer may be a dynamic balance of judicial and legislative power mediated by the peculiarities of the local constitutional culture. Brilliant, innovative, and timely. A profoundly important book written in the best traditions of constitutional studies, combining rich contextual comparisons, careful case selection, rigorous theoretical inquiry, and deft political analysis. Outstanding! - Richard Albert, William Stamps Farish Professor in Law, The University of Texas at Austin Mark S. Harding brings together a number of literatures to examine clashing constitutionalisms. In doing so, he provides an important contribution to a number of scholarly debates, including the different models of judicial review, the public/private distinction and constitutional reach, dialogue theory and coordinate constitutionalism, and interpretation under bills of rights. Judicializing Everything? will be of great interest to scholars of comparative constitutionalism. - Emmett Macfarlane, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Waterloo