Active Liberty
Active Liberty cover | |
| Author | Stephen Breyer |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
Publication date | October 17, 2005 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 161 |
| ISBN | 0-307-26313-4 |
| OCLC | 59280151 |
| Preceded by | Breaking the Vicious Cycle: Toward Effective Risk Regulation (1994) |
| Followed by | Administrative Law and Regulatory Policy: Problems, Text, and Cases (2006) |
Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution is a 2005 book by United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer. The general theme of the book is that Supreme Court justices should, when dealing with constitutional issues, keep "active liberty" in mind, which Justice Breyer defines as the right of the citizenry of the country to participate in government. Breyer's thesis is commonly viewed as a liberal response to originalism, a view espoused by Justice Antonin Scalia.