Constitution

Constitutional Law in the United States is a clear and focused discussion of the key elements of constitutional law.

When the United States took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these islands were actually part of the U.

An essential primer on impeachment for today's divided public squareWe are witnessing an unprecedented moment in American politics in which impeachments are increasingly common.

La libertad de expresión suscita un debate siempre abierto.

This early academic work on the fourteenth amendment is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

The Magna Carta was a landmark document in the history of England and the wider world.

This is a book about dictatorship and democracy.

Constitutional scholars Christopher P.

School vouchers.

The Constitution may guarantee it.

The future of the U.

Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts.

The role of the United States Supreme Court has been deeply controversial throughout American history.

A new interpretation of the Holy Roman Empire that reveals why it was not a failed state as many historians believeThe Holy Roman Empire emerged in the Middle Ages as a loosely integrated union of German states and city-states under the supreme rule of an emperor.

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand.

Slavery, segregation, abortion, workers' rights, the power of the courts.

Armed interventions in Libya, Haiti, Iraq, Vietnam, and Korea challenged the US president and Congress with a core question of constitutional interpretation: does the president, or Congress, have constitutional authority to take the country to war?

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This book examines the "e;constitutional faith"e; that has, since 1788, been a central component of American "e;civil religion.

The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review.

In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against the religious right on questions of church and state in America today.

The future of the U.

According to conventional wisdom in American legal culture, the 1870s to 1920s was the age of legal formalism, when judges believed that the law was autonomous and logically ordered, and that they mechanically deduced right answers in cases.

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives.

Language is our key to imagining the world, others, and ourselves.

In his 1996 State of the Union Address, President Bill Clinton announced that the "e;age of big government is over.

Here a leading scholar in constitutional law, Mark Tushnet, challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow U.

An increasing number of constitutional theorists, within both the legal academy and university departments of government, are focusing on the conceptual and political problems attached to the notion of constitutional amendment.

Can the Supreme Court be free of politics?

For over seventy-five years Edward S.

School vouchers.

More than any other advanced industrial democracy, the United States is besieged by firearms violence.

Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge in a modern democracy assumes a role that raises some of the most contentious political issues of our day.

In The Religious Left and Church-State Relations, noted constitutional law scholar Steven Shiffrin argues that the religious left, not the secular left, is best equipped to lead the battle against the religious right on questions of church and state in America today.

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives.

An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and how we can build a better system of justice: "e;Incisive.

Procéder à la révision de sa constitution est parmi les actes les plus importants auxquels peut s’adonner une société démocratique.

Winner: Scribes Book AwardTelling lies, and falling for them, is one of the things that makes us human.

Winner: Palmer Civil Liberties PrizeSilver Gavel Award FinalistJules Milstein Faculty Writing AwardFrom wiretapping American citizens to waterboarding foreign prisoners, the Bush administration has triggered an uproar over its tactics in the War on Terrorand over its justifications for using them.

Langum Prize, Honorable MentionAaron Burr was an enigma even in his own day.

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves; but its first important test did not arise until five years later.

Americas founders extolled a nation of laws, for they knew that only a fairly enforced legal system could protect liberty and property against corruption and tyranny.

Over the course of the twentieth century, the United States emerged as a global leader in conservation policynegotiating the first international conservation treaties, pioneering the idea of the national park, and leading the world in creating a modern environmental regulatory regime.

What would an Anti-Federalist Constitution look like?

On the campaign trail, Barack Obama spoke often about his constitutional principles.

For more than two centuries, the U.

China's legal system is vast and complex, and robust scholarship on the subject is difficult to obtain.

Since the Constitution's ratification, members of Congress, following Article V, have proposed approximately twelve thousand amendments, and states have filed several hundred petitions with Congress for the convening of a constitutional convention.

Since the Constitutions ratification, members of Congress, following Article V, have proposed approximately twelve thousand amendments, and states have filed several hundred petitions with Congress for the convening of a constitutional convention.