Active Liberty, Stephen Breyer
Active Liberty, Stephen Breyer
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Active Liberty
Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution

Author: Stephen Breyer

Narrator: Stephen Breyer

Unabridged: 3 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/23/2006


Synopsis

A highly respected associate justice of the United States Supreme Court since 1994, Stephen Breyer delivers a lucid and persuasive declaration that “active liberty”—the participation of American citizens in the process of government—should be a guiding principle of our nation. In this exceedingly polarized time, with the high court facing some of its most controversial issues, Active Liberty is a refreshing reminder of the purpose of government and role of the American citizenry.

About Stephen Breyer

Stephen Breyer is a former associate justice of the Supreme Court who served there for twenty-eight years until retiring in 2022. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Brad

In ACTIVE LIBERTY, Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen Breyer demonstrates that there is a principled and distinguished alternative to "originalism" as a method for interpreting our constitution. This method, which he calls Active Liberty, avoids some of the problems that seem to be inherent to......more

Goodreads review by Kaleb

Active liberty is the libery that encourages the people, as a collective, to particpate in self-governance. Breyer argues that the purpose of the Consitution was to further active liberty, so when in doubt, judges should intrepet statutes and the Consitution in light of active liberty. Lots of issue......more

Goodreads review by David

Food for thought for an Originalist like me. Lucid and thought-provoking, it gives the reader valuable insight into the differences of how "liberals" and "conservatives" process the clauses of the Constitution. In his approach, Breyer for the most part is apolitical, and as a Justice has the repsonsi......more

Goodreads review by Lezlee

Breyer is my favorite justice, so I'm slightly biased, but this book is really apolitical. He is only trying to explain the judicial process and the importance of interpretations of the constitution. I think a lot of people truly misunderstand the idea of 'activist judges' or the idea that judges ap......more