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.
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).
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.
Irreverent, provocative, and engaging, Desperately Seeking Certainty attacks the current legal vogue for grand unified theories of constitutional interpretation.
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.
A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making.
Here a leading scholar in constitutional law, Mark Tushnet, challenges hallowed American traditions of judicial review and judicial supremacy, which allow U.
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.
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.
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.
