The cloaking of power : Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the rise of judicial activism / Paul O Carrese.

Chicago, Ill. : Univ of Chicago Pr, 2003.

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Montesquieu, Charles de Secondat, -- baron de, -- 1689-1755.

Blackstone, William, -- 1723-1780.

Judicial power -- History.

Judicial process -- Political aspects -- History.

Political questions and judicial power -- History.

Liberalism -- History.

Jurisprudence -- History.

Introduction : the subtle judge and moderate liberalism

Part I. Montesquieu's jurisprudence and new judicial power

1. Moderating liberalism and common law : spirit and juridical liberty

2. Moderate and juridical government : the spirit of constitutional liberty

3. Projects for reform : due process, national spirit and libreral toleration

4. The new aristocracy of the robe : history, reason and judicial prudence; Part II. Blackstone and the Montesquieuan Constitution

5. Blackstone's liberal education for law and politics

6. A gothic and liberal constitution : Balckstone's tempering of sovereignty

7. Blackstone, Lord Mansfield and common-law liberalism

Part III. Montesquieu's Judicial legacy in America

8. Hamilton's common-law constitutionalism and judicial prudence

9. Tocqueville's judicial statemanship and common-law spirit

10. Holmes and judicialized liberalism

Conclusion : the cloaking of power and the perpetuation of Constitutionalism.

Includes bibliography and index.

0226094820

xiv, 335 p.