Responsive judicial review and democracy: Examining Rosalind Dixon’s theory of judicial review
Abstract Rosalind Dixon. Responsive Judicial Review: Democracy and Dysfunction in the Modern Age. Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. 320. £80.00. ISBN: 9780192865779. This review essay critically examines Rosalind Dixon’s Responsive Judicial Review, with particular attention to the book’s framing of the main challenges facing our constitutional democracies. It questions Dixon’s definition and use of the concept of democracy and raises concerns about an undue overlap between problems that are specific to constitutionalism and those specific to democracy.
Authors
- Roberto Gargarella (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1579-5427)
Institutions
- Universidad de Buenos Aires (AR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- International Journal of Constitutional Law
- Published
- 2025-04-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/icon/moaf036
- Primary Topic
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
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