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Access to government information faces many roadblocks in developing and emerging economies due to lack of appropriate legal frameworks and other requisite information laws.

Many of today's e-government systems are designed to replicate conventional systems.

Alaskans live or die by natural resources development.

An essential primer on impeachment for today's divided public squareWe are witnessing an unprecedented moment in American politics in which impeachments are increasingly common.

Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal circles in Britain today.

This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government.

A former Marine judge advocate and legal counsel to General Colin Powell, James Terry explores the genesis of the United States approach to terror violence and the legal foundation for the nation's response to the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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

In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.

A unique primer on how to think intelligently about the thorniest public issues confronting us todayLet's be honest, we've all expressed opinions about difficult hot-button issues without always thinking them through.

On War and Democracy provides a richly nuanced examination of the moral justifications democracies often invoke to wage war.

How government can implement more successful policies, more oftenFrom healthcare to workplace and campus conduct, the federal government is taking on ever more responsibility for managing our lives.

Oversight answers the question of whether black and Latino legislators better represent minority interests in Congress than white legislators, and it is the first book on the subject to focus on congressional oversight rather than roll-call voting.

Mary Dudziak's Exporting American Dreams tells the little-known story of Thurgood Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the early 1960s.

Political conservatives have long believed that the best government is a small government.

In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.

Lawmaking is crucial to American democracy because it completely defines and regulates the public life of the nation.

*Inspiration for the Major Off-Broadway Show, Trial on the Potomac.

*Inspiration for the Major Off-Broadway Show, Trial on the Potomac.

This collection of essays interrogate and extend the work of Jerry L.

This collection of essays interrogate and extend the work of Jerry L.

Offers a First Amendment approach to defend against governmental censorship of the newest form of technological expression: robotic speech.

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

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

This book investigates the role of executive scandals in the contemporary American political landscape.

This book investigates the role of executive scandals in the contemporary American political landscape.

This book examines the ideas of the Founders with regard to establishing a national university.

Offers an historical, legal, constitutional, moral and philosophical analysis of the declarations of 1812, 1898 and the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

Offers an historical, legal, constitutional, moral and philosophical analysis of the declarations of 1812, 1898 and the War Powers Resolution of 1973.

Explores the politics of raising revenue from the most dynamic sectors of an economy as an expression of the relationship between state and society, and the capacity of state institutions.

Explores the politics of raising revenue from the most dynamic sectors of an economy as an expression of the relationship between state and society, and the capacity of state institutions.

This important collection of great documents which our founding fathers wrote as they formed the foundation of Americas democratic government are now available in this beautifully designed book.

Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of transparency in government.

Offers a comprehensive philosophical analysis of transparency in government.

Explores the proposed models of fiscal federalism that are compatible with the constitutional boundaries of the European legal order.

Explores the proposed models of fiscal federalism that are compatible with the constitutional boundaries of the European legal order.

Presenting new theoretical perspective, this book shows how law and politics shape state high court use of Supreme Court precedent.

Presenting new theoretical perspective, this book shows how law and politics shape state high court use of Supreme Court precedent.

Comparative analysis of case studies across East Asia provides new insights into the relationship between state building, stateness, and democracy.

Comparative analysis of case studies across East Asia provides new insights into the relationship between state building, stateness, and democracy.

Provides the first comparative look into executive decree authority.

Shows how judges work in a deliberative fashion with aligned political parties to re-interpret legal and constitutional text.

Questions if voters would vote differently if it were illegal to discriminate in voting?

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

The first detailed study of institutional economics and public choice traditions in Afghanistan.

The first detailed study of institutional economics and public choice traditions in Afghanistan.

Shows how judges work in a deliberative fashion with aligned political parties to re-interpret legal and constitutional text.

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