Government powers

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

How access to resources and policymaking powers determines the balance of power between the legislative and executive branchesThe specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination.

This comprehensive resource explains six eras of immigration law, how and why immigration law has changed, who the major actors and organizations shaping immigration law are, and in what direction immigration law is likely to proceed in the near future.

When the door closes on one prime minister's rule, what happens next?

The primary founder and guiding spirit of the Harvard Law School and the most prolific publicist of the nineteenth century, Story served as a member of the U.

Arguing about matters of public policy is ubiquitous in democracies.

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

In its six-decade history, the German Federal Constitutional Court has become one of the most powerful and influential constitutional tribunals in the world.

Offers an accessible, interdisciplinary, and historically informed introduction to the study of American constitutionalism.

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

Until the eighteenth century, Western societies were hierarchical ones.

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

This book shows how police and politicians in Latin America informally regulate drug markets using corruption and violence.

In this fascinating look at the unique conjuncture of factors surrounding Il Duce's seizure of power, eminent historian Donald Sassoon traces the political circumstances that sent Italy on a collision course with the most destructive war of the century.

A crucial warning for Americans about the lefts never-ending lust to steal individual liberties and the power of God to stop it.

Since the Second World War, the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt faced periods of extensive state repression, between 1948-1951 and 1954-1970 and again after 2013.

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

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

The legal status of marijuana has been a topic of recurring interest in recent years.

Minority Accommodation through Territorial and Non-Territorial Autonomy explores the relationship between minority, territory, and autonomy, and how it informs our understanding of non-territorial autonomy (NTA) as a strategy for accommodating ethno-cultural diversity in modern societies.

As the COVID-19 pandemic has unfolded, stark social inequalities have increasingly been revealed and, in many cases, exacerbated by the global health crisis.

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.

National Book Award Finalist: “A learned, thoughtful, witty legal history for the layman” (The New Yorker).

Not so long ago, being aggressively "e;pro-free speech"e; was as closely associated with American political liberalism as being pro-choice, pro-affirmative action, or pro-gun control.

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

How access to resources and policymaking powers determines the balance of power between the legislative and executive branchesThe specter of unbridled executive power looms large in the American political imagination.

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

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

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.

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

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.

A look inside the weaponization of social media, and an innovative proposal for protecting Western democracies from information warfare.

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

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.

Non-territorial autonomy (NTA) is a statecraft tool that is increasingly gaining importance in societies seeking to accommodate demands by ethno-cultural groups for a voice in cultural affairs important to the protection and preservation of their identity, such as language, education, and religion.

This is a practical guidebook to current CERCLA litigation, written by an experienced attorney who specializes in this area of law.

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

Is the government really acting for the people?

WITH A NEW FOREWORD ABOUT THE 2020 ELECTION“This urgent book offers not only a clear-eyed explanation of the forces that broke our politics, but a thoughtful and, yes, patriotic vision of how we create a government that’s truly by and for the people.

A judge-made revolution?

Seniors in nursing homes are among the people most vulnerable to life-threatening consequences of abuse and neglect.