Constitution

This book examines the role of institutions in China's recent large-scale economic, social and political transformation.

The Supreme Court is seen today as the ultimate arbiter of the Constitution.

While freedom of speech has been guaranteed us for centuries, the First Amendment as we know it today is largely a creation of the past eighty years.

"e;Guns don't kill people; people kill people.

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.

As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate.

A novel account of the relationship between sincerity, religious freedom, and the secular in the United States.

Americans tend to believe in government that is transparent and accountable.

This volume covers the interaction of society - the people, groups and organisations that made it up - with the constitution.

This volume considers the UK as a state that was both internally differentiated and placed a premium on its external relations and world power.

This volume considers the UK as a state that was both internally differentiated and placed a premium on its external relations and world power.

This volume covers the interaction of society - the people, groups and organisations that made it up - with the constitution.

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.

¿Se requiere una nueva constitución que nos una?

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".

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.

"e;Superbly written, filled with brilliant insights .

"e;[A] clear, cogent, passionate and persuasive"e; account of how constitutional rights have been restricted by "e;disturbing decisions of the Supreme Court"e; (Glenn C.

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.

This book examines in depth the impact of the EU on aspects of the quality of democracy in eight selected post-communist countries.

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.

This volume considers the use of impeachment within a global context.

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.

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.

Fernando examines important aspects of the drafting of 1957 Federation of Malaya constitution related to the system of governance, division of legislative and executive powers, the conceptualisation of citizenship and the roles of the judiciary and election commission.