A Boat On The Horizon: Legislative Urgency and Weak-form Review

Weak-form systems of judicial review have been praised as a means of reconciling democratic self-governance with constitutionalism, providing for popular engagement with counter-majoritarian decisions through a democratically elected body. Central to the normative appeal of this model is the notion that the legislature will engage in deliberation and contestation regarding the desirable scope of rights-protections....

Panel 58, TUESDAY JUNE 26 2018 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM