Book Review:
Thomas D. Rowe, Jr., Consent and the Roots of Judicial Authority: The Constitutional Writings of Archibald Cox (reviewing Archibald Cox’s The Role of the Supreme Court in American Government (1976)), 55 TEXAS L. REV. 163 (1976).

Abstract:
This book review discusses the constitutional writings of Archibald Cox. Professor Rowe praises Cox, who saw a cornerstone of his work as a scholar put to the severest of tests in the world of affairs—and proven sound. According to Professor Rowe, even for those who disagree with Cox, his patient development of constitutional theory, insisting on the appropriateness of restrained, principled, and scrupulous reference to social mores, should stand as a significant intellectual achievement. Cox has shown us how the judiciary can, on the basis of a coherent theory, act to bring constitutional law into harmony with developing notions of justice. At the same time, he has reminded us that the essential work of building a just and humane democratic society must proceed from the people.