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18 Harv. C. R.-C. L. L. Rev. 599 (1983)
Calabresi on the Problem of Statutory Middle-Age: Judicial Cure or Political Prescription?

handle is hein.journals/hcrcl18 and id is 609 raw text is: BOOK REVIEW CALABRESI ON THE PROBLEM OF STATUTORY MIDDLE-AGE: JUDICIAL CURE OR POLITICAL PRESCRIPTION? A Common Law for the Age of Statutes. By Guido Calabresi. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1982. Pp. 181. $25.00, cloth. Reviewed by Shannon C. Stimson* Guido Calabresi's new book travels much the same path as many recent works on judicial process in attempting to cir- cumscribe and thereby delimit the scope of judicial authority.' A Common Law For The Age of Statutes, however, adds a new and provocative twist to this endeavor. What is new is its focus on the nonconstitutional adjudicatory problems and practices of courts well beneath the frequently scrutinized Supreme Court. While set- ting his sights at lower levels of court activity, Calabresi continues to show a kindred concern with those earlier efforts at Supreme Court analysis. That is, Calabresi too is concerned with the strain which the enormous increase in constitutional adjudication dur- ing recent years has placed on public confidence in the Supreme Court and the judicial process. *Ph.D. Harvard University, (expected) 1983; A.M. Harvard University, 1980; A.B. Mount Holyoke College, 1973. 'See J. Ely, Democracy and Distrust (1980); R. Dworkin, Taking Rights Seriously (1978); J. Choper, Judicial Review and the National Political Process (1980). All of these books are in some degree responsive to the ideas expressed by Alexander Bickel. See A. Bickel, The Least Dangerous Branch (1962); The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress (1970); The Morality of Consent (1975).

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