Government powers

Corporate Governance Lessons from Transition Economy Reforms explores a timely topic at the intersection of economics, law, and policy reform.

Constitutions divide into those that provide for a constitutionally protected set of rights, where courts can strike down legislation, and those where rights are protected predominantly by parliament, where courts can interpret legislation to protect rights, but cannot strike down legislation.

The UK has some of the largest immigration detention facilities in Europe, holding as many as 3000 individuals at any point in time.

Congressional ratings have fallen to single digits; citizens believe that Congress fails to do the things its members are publicly paid to do.

Investigates how foreigners charged with capital murder in the United States are deprived of rights by police and courts.

En esta tercera edición del primer tomo de la obra Curso de Derecho Constitucional, enfocado en las bases conceptuales y doctrinarias del Derecho Constitucional, la autora ha enriquecido el trabajo original, que hacía referencia a conceptos fundamentales relacionados con el Estado, el Gobierno, los Derechos Humanos y al modelo democrático constitucional, tanto de Chile como de otros países occidentales.

How has the modern conservative movement thrived in spite of the lack of harmony among its constituent members?

Takes a behind the scenes look at the debates and decisions of the Kenyan Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission.

Brexit will have a significant impact on the UK financial services system.

This authoritative set provides a one-stop resource for understanding specific FBI controversies as well as for those looking to understand the full history, law enforcement authority, and inner workings of the nation's most famous and important federal law enforcement agency.

Why there should be a larger role for the judiciary in American foreign relationsIn the past several decades, there has been a growing chorus of voices contending that the Supreme Court and federal judiciary should stay out of foreign affairs and leave the field to Congress and the president.

Congress and the president are not the only branches that deal with fiscal issues in times of war.

When an economic collapse, natural disaster, epidemic outbreak, terrorist attack, or internal crisis puts a country in dire need, governments must rise to the occasion to protect their citizens, sometimes employing the full scope of their powers.

Public law has been conceived in many different ways, sometimes overlapping, often conflicting.

Until the eighteenth century, Western societies were hierarchical ones.

This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the democracy/autocracy divide.

Is the government really acting for the people?

This book asks why dominant political parties emerge in some authoritarian regimes, but not in others, focusing on Russia''s experience under Putin.

The full transcript of one of the most shocking testimonies of the Trump Era and in the history of the United States government.

This up-to-date guide provides informational professionals and their clients with much-needed assistance in navigating the immense field of government information.

This book examines the European Court of Justice's principles relating to composite decision-making.

Using extensive interviews and previously unexplored archival material, Hayman examines the work of the Task Force on Federally Sentenced Women and assesses the opening of the first three prisons.

Das Europarecht ist im Hinblick auf Lebens-, Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsbedingungen der EU-Bürger überall präsent.

This title undertakes an impartial, authoritative, and in-depth examination of the moral arguments and ideas behind the laws and policies that govern personal, corporate, and government behavior in the United States.

Reveals how the U.

The separation of powers is an idea with ancient origins, but nowadays it is often relegated to legal doctrine, public philosophy, or the history of ideas.

The fourth edition of Government Contract Law is a comprehensive, step by step guide through all aspects of federal government contracting and incorporates numerous significant changes in procurement since the Third Edition was published.

The Center Holds provides an intimate look at who the Supreme Court justices are, how they have made critical decisions, and why, ultimately, the Rehnquist Revolution failed.

A critical legal study of religion and state relations in Israel focusing on the religiously entrapped Palestinian-Arab individuals.

The book deals with the review and analysis of current corruption risks and related risks.

Americans are generally apprehensive about what they perceive as big governmentespecially when it comes to measures that target their bodies.

An exploration of how and why the Constitution's plan for independent courts has failed to protect individuals' constitutional rights, while advancing regressive and reactionary barriers to progressive regulation.

Constitutional Torts and the War on Terror examines the judicial response to human rights claims arising from the Bush Administration's war on terror.

Gallup recently found that 49 percent of Americans believe that the government poses ';an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens.

A critical legal study of religion and state relations in Israel focusing on the religiously entrapped Palestinian-Arab individuals.

"e;Our current stalemate over detention serves nobodynot the military or any other component of the U.

'As enjoyable as it is thought-provoking' Jared DiamondBy the authors of the international bestseller Why Nations Fail, based on decades of research, this powerful new big-picture framework explains how some countries develop towards and provide liberty while others fall to despotism, anarchy or asphyxiating norms - and explains how liberty can thrive despite new threats.

The UK has some of the largest immigration detention facilities in Europe, holding as many as 3000 individuals at any point in time.

This book explores the powers, activities, and accountability of MI5 from the end of the Second World War to 1964.

Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of transparency in government.

This book shows how President Bush has illegally abused his commander-in chief power.

This work will provide an authoritative and illuminating overview of the U.

The right to self-determination is renowned for its lack of clear interpretation.

A newly edited, single-volume commemorative edition of The Path to Power and The Downing Street Years; this is Margaret Thatcher in her own words.