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Active Liberty
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Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution (ISBN 0-307-26313-4) is a 2005 book by United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The general theme of the book is that Supreme Court justices should, when dealing with Constitutional issues, keep "active liberty" in mind, which Justice Breyer defines as the right of the citizenry of the country to participate in government. Breyer's thesis is commonly viewed as a liberal response to originalism, a view espoused by Justice Scalia.
Richard J. Blaustein, Book Review, 30 Champion 44 (November 2006)
Jon M. Sands, Book Review, 53 Fed. Law. 53 (October 2006)
Michael A. Livermore & D. Theodore Rave, Conversation, Representation, and Allocation: Justice Breyer's Active Liberty, 81 N.Y.U. L. Rev. 1505 (October 2006)
Max Huffman, Book Review, 25 Rev. Litig. 501 (Summer 2006)
Andre Mura, Book Review, 42 Trial 86 (July 2006)
Michael W. McConnell, Active Liberty: A Progressive Alternative to Textualism and Originalism?, 119 Harv. L. Rev. 2387 (June 2006)
Paul Gewirtz, The Pragmatic Passion of Stephen Breyer, 115 Yale L.J. 1675 (May 2006)
Richard A. Posner, Justice Breyer Throws Down the Gauntlet, 115 Yale L.J. 1699 (May 2006)
Cass R. Sunstein, Justice Breyer's Democratic Pragmatism, 115 Yale L.J. 1719 (May 2006)
Ken I. Kersch, Justice Breyer's Mandarin Liberty, 73 U. Chi. L. Rev. 759 (Spring 2006)
James E. Ryan, Does It Take a Theory? Originalism, Active Liberty, and Minimilism, 58 Stan. L. Rev. 1623 (March 2006)
- Book review by Prof. Mike Rappaport.
