opportunities, and threats compared to a free and democratic system. Brenda Marjorie Hale, Baroness Hale of Richmond, DBE, PC, FBA, raises the popular concern that this system operates on a fundamentally different playbook to the United States of America's court of law, and personal bias can be inherited, through an 'old boys' club'. See also Bill of rights Constitutional economics Government by Judiciary Impact litigation Judicial review Kritarchy Letter and spirit of the law List of landmark court decisions in the United States Living Constitution Originalism Public interest litigation Philosophy of law Rule according to higher law Unconstitutional constitutional amendment Certiorari Notes References Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (1996), Merriam-Webster. Ginsberg, Benjamin, et al. We the People: an Introduction to American Politics. W.W. Norton & Company, 2017. Further reading Legal books Paul O. Carrese, 2003. The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). Duncan Kennedy, 1998. A Critique of Adjudication (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). Carrol D. Kilgore, 1977. Judicial Tyranny: An Inquiry into the Integrity of the Federal Judiciary (Thomas Nelson). Sterling Harwood, 1996. Judicial Activism: A Restrained Defense (London: Austin & Winfield Publishers), 167pp. . Christopher Wolfe, 1997. Judicial Activism, 2nd ed. (Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littfield Publishers, Inc.). Kenneth M. Holland, editor, 1991. Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan). Ronald Dworkin, 1988. Law's Empire (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). Alexander M. Bickel, 1986. The Least Dangerous Branch 2nd ed. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press). Arthur Selwyn Miller, 1982. Toward Increased Judicial Activism (Greenwood Press). Ronald Dworkin, 1977. Taking Rights Seriously (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press). Lino A. Graglia, 1976. Disaster by Decree (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press). Michael Rebell and Arthur R. Block, 1982. Educational Policy Making and the Courts: An Empirical Study of Judicial Activism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press). H. L. A. Hart, 1961. The Concept of Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press). Hamlyn Lectures Popular books Kermit Roosevelt, October 15, 2006. The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions (Yale University Press Publishers), 272pp. James B. Kelly, July 30, 2006. Governing With the Charter: Legislative And Judicial Activism And Framer's Intent (Law and Society Series) (UBC Press Publishers), 336pp. Rory Leishman, May 2006. Against Judicial Activism: The Decline of Freedom And Democracy in Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press Publishers), 310pp. S. P. Sathe, December 2003. Judicial Activism in India (Oxford University Press Publishers),