{"product_id":"cycles-of-constitutional-time-9780197530993","title":"Cycles of Constitutional Time","description":"What will happen to American democracy? The nation's past holds vital clues for understanding where we are now and where we are headed. In \u003cem\u003eThe Cycles of Constitutional Time\u003c\/em\u003e, the eminent constitutional theorist Jack Balkin explains how America's constitutional system changes through the\u003cbr\u003einterplay among three cycles: the rise and fall of dominant political parties, the waxing and waning of political polarization, and alternating episodes of constitutional decay and constitutional renewal. If America's politics seems especially fraught today, it is because we are nearing the end of\u003cbr\u003ethe Republican Party's political dominance, at the height of a long cycle of political polarization, and suffering from an advanced case of what he calls constitutional rot. In fact, when people talk about constitutional crisis, Balkin explains, they are usually describing constitutional rot--the\u003cbr\u003ehistorical process through which republics become less representative and less devoted to the common good. Brought on by increasing economic inequality and loss of trust, constitutional rot threatens our constitutional system. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut Balkin offers a message of hope: We have been through these cycles before, and we will get through them again. He describes what our politics will look like as polarization lessens and constitutional rot recedes. Balkin also explains how the cycles of constitutional time shape the work of the\u003cbr\u003efederal courts and theories about constitutional interpretation. He shows how the political parties have switched sides on judicial review not once but twice in the twentieth century, and what struggles over judicial review will look like in the coming decades. Drawing on literatures from history, \u003cbr\u003elaw, and political science, this is a fascinating ride through American history with important lessons for the present and the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack M. Balkin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780197530993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJack M. Balkin\u003c\/strong\u003e is Knight Professor of Constitutional Law and the First Amendment at Yale Law School. He is the founder and director of Yale's Information Society Project, an interdisciplinary center that studies law and new information technologies. He also directs the Abrams Institute for Freedom of Expression, and the Knight Law and Media Program at Yale. Balkin is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and is the founder and editor of the group blog Balkinization. He is the author of over one hundred thirty articles and the author or editor of fourteen books, including \u003cem\u003eDemocracy and Dysfunction\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Chicago Press, with Sanford Levinson), \u003cem\u003eLiving Originalism \u003c\/em\u003e(Harvard, Belknap Press), and \u003cem\u003eConstitutional Redemption\u003c\/em\u003e (Harvard).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39822002552947,"sku":"9780197530993","price":30.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e150aebb-a7f7-42e3-ab49-985ca05fa5a2.jpg?v=1644519123","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/cycles-of-constitutional-time-9780197530993","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}