'A crucial, riveting polemic in support of one of the most precious things humanity has built - democracy itself' OWEN JONES'Graham Smith shows what fools our rotten constitution makes of us, with a monarch as emblem of a country beset by nepotism, backhanders, chumocracy and inherited privilege.
Why colleges and universities live or die by free speechFree speech is under attack at colleges and universities today, as critics on and off campus challenge the value of freewheeling debate.
Jessica Korn challenges the notion that the eighteenth-century principles underlying the American separation of powers system are incompatible with the demands of twentieth-century governance.
When political debates devolve, as they often do these days, into a contest between big-government progressivism and natural rights individualism, Americans tend to appeal to the self-evident truths inscribed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.
DISTINGUISHED PUBLICATION AWARD FOR THE NATIONAL COMMUNICATION ASSOCIATION'S COMMUNICATION AND LAW DIVISION The First Amendment: protected by law, threatened by fear in the Roberts Supreme Court.
En esta obra colectiva se destaca el papel de los pueblos indígenas en favor de la conservación y protección del territorio amazónico como un elemento vital de sus prácticas, conocimientos y saberes ancestrales, los cuales constituyen una fuente única de aprendizaje para "deconstruir" el paradigma de desarrollo económico que, históricamente, se fundamenta en las prácticas del modelo extractivista y agroindustrial a gran escala en cada uno de los países amazónicos, tanto en Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Perú, Surinam como en Venezuela.
Every debate about the Scottish constitution should include the topic of Scottish Home Rule, and if there is to be another referendum in Scotland then Home Rule should definitely be one of the options on the ballot paper.
This supplemental volume expands upon the seven-volume edition of Constitutional Documents of the United States of America 1776-1860, which was published from 2006 to 2009.
En una época marcada por la información, comprendemos que la ciudadanía tiene derecho a acceder a información clara, transparente y sin conflicto de interés sobre cómo operan los mecanismos de control y fiscalización de los poderes del Estado y la forma en que estos pueden ser capturados por actores formales y/o informales para sus propios intereses.
Este libro es un buen ejemplo de que, en cuanto a contenidos de una nueva Constitución, se partirá de una hoja en blanco, pero no por ello se hará de cero.
Winner: Bancroft PrizeWinner: Henry Adams PrizeWinner: Ohio History Association Book PrizeIn time for the 225th anniversary of the Bill of Rights, David Kyvig completed an Afterword to his landmark study of the process of amending the US Constitution.
In the fourth of the Federalist Papers, published in 1787, John Jay warned of absolute monarchs who will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it.
A classic and bestselling work by one of Americas top Constitutional scholars, Presidential War Power garnered the lead review in the New York Times Book Review and raised essential issues that have only become more timely, relevant, and controversial in our post-9/11 era.
Keeping the Republic is an eloquent defense of the American constitutional order and a response to its critics, including those who are estranged from the very idea of a fixed constitution in which the living are governed by the dead.
In this book, Hadley Arkes seeks to restore, for a new generation, the jurisprudence of the late Justice of the Supreme Court George Sutherland--a jurisprudence anchored in the understanding of natural rights.
Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others.
An authoritative guide to federal democracy from two respected experts in the fieldAround the world, federalism has emerged as the system of choice for nascent republics and established nations alike.
Langum Prize, Honorable MentionAmericans value privacy as one of their most cherished rights, yet the word "e;privacy"e; isn't even mentioned in the U.
Ante la expansión del Derecho penal, con déficits de certeza y garantías, los autores de esta obra colectiva proponen introducir una mínima racionalidad, tanto en la elaboración de la dogmática jurídico-penal, como en su creación, aplicación e interpretación.
A partir de octubre de 2019 hemos presenciado un abrupto abandono de la apatía por comprender cómo funciona el país, pasando a una especie de despertar que quedó grabado en la consigna "Chile despertó".
Currie's masterful synthesis of legal analysis and narrative history, gives us a sophisticated and much-needed evaluation of the Supreme Court's first hundred years.
When Thomas Jefferson struck a deal for the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, he knew he was adding a new national power to those specified in the Constitution, but he also believed his actions were in the nation's best interest.
The 2016 presidential election campaign and its aftermath have underscored worrisome trends in the present state of our democracy: the extreme polarization of the electorate, the dismissal of people with opposing views, and the widespread acceptance and circulation of one-sided and factually erroneous information.
