Constitution

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The guarantee of free speech enshrined in the U.

Constitutional scholar George Anastaplo believes that many judges and lawyers draw upon a skimpy, if not simply unreliable, knowledge of history.

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.

"e;What does it mean to see the American landscape in a secular way?

In this ambitious interdisciplinary study, James B.

A strong and lively defense of substantive due process.

The Constitution in the Supreme Court: The Second Century traces the development of the Supreme Court from Chief Justice Fuller (1888-1910) to the retirement of Chief Justice Burger (1969-1986).

Rights of Inclusion provides an innovative, accessible perspective on how civil rights legislation affects the lives of ordinary Americans.

In the years since the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA, or, colloquially, Obamacare), most of the discussion about it has been political.

States of Exception in American History brings to light the remarkable number of instances since the Founding in which the protections of the Constitution have been overridden, held in abeyance, or deliberately weakened for certain members of the polity.

Why we're better off treating corporations as people under the law-and making them behave like citizensAre corporations people?

Irreverent, provocative, and engaging, Desperately Seeking Certainty attacks the current legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation.

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A leading legal scholar explores how the constitutional right to seek justice has been restricted by the Supreme CourtThe Supreme Court's decisions on constitutional rights are well known and much talked about.

How the Supreme Court's move to the right has distorted both logic and the ConstitutionWhat Supreme Court justices do is far more than just "e;calling balls and strikes.

The first paperback edition of a classic of American constitutional theory.

For too long, the American constitutional tradition has been defined solely by the U.

In The Making of Reverse Discrimination Ellen Messer-Davidow offers a fresh and incisive analysis of the legal-judicial discourse of DeFunis v.

A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making.

Texas has created more constitutional law than any other state.

Beginning with Brown v.

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

Can the Supreme Court be free of politics?

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.

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

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

For more than two hundred years a debate has raged between those who believe that jurists should follow the original intentions of the Founding Fathers and those who argue that the Constitution is a living document subject to interpretation by each succeeding generation.

Horror comics were among the first comic books published--ghastly tales that soon developed an avid young readership, along with a bad reputation.

In 2002, the Cedarville School Board in Crawford County, Arkansas, ordered the removal of J.

Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution challenges the myths surrounding the Irish Free Constitution by analysing the document in its proper historical context, by looking at how the Constitution was drafted and elucidating the true nature of the document.

History is interesting and so is geography.

The constitution is a big book with big words.

A nation's constitution represents the laws that must be followed.

From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.

Das Werk vermittelt die theoretischen und geschichtlichen Grundlagen des demokratischen Verfassungsstaates.

Das Buch "Epochen deutscher Staatlichkeit" bietet eine kurzgefasste Gesamtdarstellung insbesondere für Studierende und Praktiker der Rechts- und Staatswissenschaften, der Geschichte und der Politik.

Die Autorin widmet sich der dogmatisch-systematischen Bewertung des parteipolitischen und religiös-weltanschaulichen Neutralitätsgebots des Grundgesetzes und behandelt insbesondere die notwendige Abgrenzung zu den neutralisierenden Wirkungen der Grundrechte als Abwehrrechte.

Reformas Constitucionales: Elaborar, romper y cambiar constituciones, ofrece una hoja de ruta para navegar en el universo intelectual de las reformas constitucionales, así como un plano para diseñar y mejorar las reglas de cambio constitucional.

The Constitution in Congress series has been called nothing less than a biography of the US Constitution for its in-depth examination of the role that the legislative and executive branches have played in the development of constitutional interpretation.

The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, and torture.

Language shapes and reflects how we think about the world.

For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus has served as an important safeguard against miscarriages of justice, and today it remains at the center of some of the most contentious issues of our time-among them terrorism, immigration, crime, and the death penalty.

How does one prove the law?

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?

Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.

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

How central banks and independent regulators can support rather than challenge constitutional democracyUnelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers and other independent regulators act as stewards of the common good.