Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE: THE ROLE OF THE JUDGE -- Chapter One: Bridging the Gap between Law and Society -- Law and Society -- Changes in Legislation and in Its Interpretation -- Changes in Society Affecting the Constitutionality of Statutes -- Changes in the Common Law -- Change and Stability -- Chapter Two: Protecting the Constitution and Democracy -- The Struggle for Democracy -- What Is Democracy? -- The Separation of Powers -- Democracy and the Rule of Law -- Fundamental Principles -- Independence of the Judiciary -- Human Rights -- Criticism and Response -- PART TWO: THE MEANS OF REALIZING THE JUDICIAL ROLE -- Chapter Three: Preconditions for Realizing the Judicial Role -- Judicial Impartiality and Objectivity -- Social Consensus -- Public Confidence -- Chapter Four: The Meaning of Means -- The Legitimacy of the Means -- Operative Legal Theory -- Judicial Philosophy -- Chapter Five: Interpretation -- The Essence of Interpretation -- Purposive Interpretation -- Purposive Interpretation of a Constitution -- Purposive Interpretation of Statutes -- Purposive Interpretation and Judicial Discretion -- Purposive Interpretation and Intentionalism (or Subjective Purpose) -- Purposive Interpretation and Old Textualism -- Purposive Interpretation and New Textualism -- Chapter Six: The Development of the Common Law -- The Common Law as Judge-Made Law -- Judicial Lawmaking -- Overruling Precedent -- Chapter Seven: Balancing and Weighing -- The Centrality of Balancing and Weighing -- Balancing and Categorization -- The Nature of Balancing -- Types of Balancing -- The Advantages of Balancing -- Critique of Balancing and Response -- The Scope of the Balancing -- Chapter Eight: Non-Justiciability, or "Political Questions" -- The Role and Limits of Justiciability -- Types of Justiciability -- Justiciability and Public Confidence.

Chapter Nine: Standing -- Standing and Adjudication -- Standing and Substantive Democracy -- Chapter Ten: Comparative Law -- The Importance of Comparative Law -- The Influence of Comparative Law -- Comparative Law and Interpretation of Statutes -- Comparative Law and Interpretation of the Constitution -- Use of Comparative Law in Practice -- Chapter Eleven: The Judgment -- Formulating the Judgment and Realizing the Judicial Role -- The Judge as Part of the Panel -- PART THREE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE COURT AND THE OTHER BRANCHES OF THE STATE -- Chapter Twelve: Tension among the Branches -- Constant Tension -- The Tension Is Natural and Desirable -- The Attitude toward the State -- Public Officials as Trustees -- Duties of the Individual toward the State -- Chapter Thirteen: The Relationship between the Judiciary and the Legislature -- The Uniqueness of the Legislature -- Judicial Review of Legislation -- Judicial Review of Nonlegislative Decisions of the Legislature -- The Dialogue between the Judiciary and the Legislature -- Chapter Fourteen: The Relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive -- The Scope of Review -- Judicial Interpretation and Executive Interpretation -- Executive Reasonableness -- Proportionality -- PART FOUR: EVALUATION OF THE ROLE OF A JUDGE IN A DEMOCRACY -- Chapter Fifteen: Activism and Self-Restraint -- Definition of the Terms -- Some Definitions and Their Critiques -- Definition of Activism and Self-Restraint -- The Desirability of Activism or Self-Restraint -- Chapter Sixteen: The Judicial Role and the Problem of Terrorism -- Terrorism and Democracy -- In Battle, the Laws Are Not Silent -- The Balance between National Security and Human Rights -- Scope of Judicial Review -- Chapter Seventeen: The Role of the Judge: Theory, Practice, and the Future -- Theory -- Reality -- The Future -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D.

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