Alexander Bickel
Alexander Bickel · Philosophy & Social Sciences
Constitutional scholar; framed the 'countermajoritarian difficulty' in judicial review
1924, Bucharest, Romania — 1974, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Romania · United States
Alexander Bickel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Philosophy & Social Sciences — Constitutional scholar; framed the 'countermajoritarian difficulty' in judicial review
Bickel was a leading American constitutional scholar at Yale Law School who framed the 'countermajoritarian difficulty' — the tension between judicial review and democratic majority rule — a concept that still structures debate about the Supreme Court's role. His book The Least Dangerous Branch is a classic of the field. He was Jewish; his family emigrated from Romania when he was a child, fleeing rising antisemitism.
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Constitutional scholar; framed the 'countermajoritarian difficulty' in judicial review
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