Ely and the idea of democracy.

From: Stanford Law Review | Date: December 1, 2004| Author: Schacter, Jane S. | Copyright information 
INTRODUCTION 
I. ELY ON DEMOCRACY 
II. COMPETING CONCEPTIONS OF ELYIST DEMOCRACY 
    A. Two Lines of Cases 
       1. Accountability reinforcement 
       2. Horizontal democracy 
    B. Locating Ely 
III. SHORTCOMINGS IN ELY'S CONCEPT OF DEMOCRACY

INTRODUCTION

It is a great honor to be part of this symposium. John Hart Ely's classic book has helped to shape the intellectual agenda of constitutional scholars ever since it appeared. Democracy and Distrust (1) ...

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