The Paradoxes of Freedom
Sidney Hook
Berkeley : University of California Press
One of America's most influential social philosophers offers a 
restatement of traditional liberal-democratic views as they pertain to 
our constitutional form of government.<br> <br> The topics explored in 
Sidney Hook's book include the nature and extent of human freedom, the 
Bill of Rights, judicial review as it pertains to constitutional 
interpretation and the balance of powers among the three branches of 
government, censorship, freedom of speech, freedom of religion, social 
justice, the importance of intelligence in political and moral spheres, 
as well as civil disobedience and the right to revolution within a 
democratic order.<br> <br> Here we have a sustained, nonpartisan 
analysis of the place of the Constitution and judicial review within our
 democracy. Special emphasis is given to reconsidering the proper role 
of the Supreme Court if and when a Constitutional Convention is convoked
 to address this and related questions.</br></br></br></br>