Judicial Review and Contemporary Democratic Theory

Scott E. Lemieux is a Lecturer in Political Science at the University of Washington. His research interests include the relationship between the courts and other political branches, the impact of (and backlash against) judicial rulings, and the democratic legitimacy of judicial review. He has written or co-written articles in journals including Perspectives on Politics, Polity, Studies In Law, Politics and Society, New Political Science, the Maryland Law Review, the Journal of Supreme Court History, and the American Journal of Comparative Law. He is also a co-founder of the blog Lawyers, Guns & Money and contributes regularly to publications including The New Republic, The Week, the Guardian, the Los Angeles Times, and the American Prospect. David J. Watkins is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Dayton, where he teaches historical and contemporary political theory courses, as well as courses on democracy and democratization. His research focuses on contemporary political theory, with particular attention to neorepublican thought. Recently, his work has appeared in journals such as Perspectives on Politics, Political Theory, and Polity.