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This book provides a detailed account of each law officer's functions and draws on that account as the basis for a conceptual analysis of their constitutional legitimacy.

This book provides a detailed account of each law officer's functions and draws on that account as the basis for a conceptual analysis of their constitutional legitimacy.

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

Reveals how the U.

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

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

Richard Duncan believes there are four major problems or causes that he views have led to a decline in America, namely, too big of a government, the rise of socialism, Democrats and Republicans feuding, and the negative influence of money on politicians and campaigns.

The work was conceived over a number of years, and it relates to the manner in which African leaders govern their countries after independence.

The world is increasingly becoming interdependent and this interdependency has raised the number of unmistakable vulnerabilities, threats and risks.

The founding fathers offer their views on gun control, government and religion, immigration, legalization of narcotics, taxes, redistribution of wealth, term limits, judicial fiat, supreme court rulings and a host of other topics that concern todays citizenry.

The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council (which bore a marked resemblance to its Canadian counterpart the Federal Senate) was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history.

The New Zealand upper house, the Legislative Council (which bore a marked resemblance to its Canadian counterpart the Federal Senate) was abolished in 1950 in an action which represents one of the most clear-cut examples of pragmatic politics in New Zealand history.

Every federal country faces a difficult problem in deciding how its national capital should be governed because of the complex conflicts of interest between the central government, the state governments, and the residents of the capital city.

Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the media.

Human trafficking has emerged as one of the top international and domestic policy concerns, and is well covered and often sensationalized by the media.

In Neoliberal Parliamentarism, Tom McDowell provides an alternative approach to understanding the decline of parliament at the Ontario legislature, an approach that highlights the politics of neoliberalism and the significant impact it has had over the last four decades.

In Neoliberal Parliamentarism, Tom McDowell provides an alternative approach to understanding the decline of parliament at the Ontario legislature, an approach that highlights the politics of neoliberalism and the significant impact it has had over the last four decades.

Everyone knows the name Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, but if you mention Nikunja Bihari Goswami, most people would shrug.

This is the true story of Frederic Donner, a veteran FBI agent battling and surviving metastatic brain cancer while contemplating whether (or how) his organization can best survive and succeed in a new era of law enforcement.

[This] should be required reading for anyone who says feminism s work is done.

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'Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice.

'Chris is a powerful force for good in the national debate on criminal justice.

The dot-com revolution has brought many advances before unimagined.

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.

THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDSLongstanding Labour MP Chris Bryant tells the inside story of what went so wrong with Westminster and how we might solve it.

THE INSTANT TOP TWO SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDSLongstanding Labour MP Chris Bryant tells the inside story of what went so wrong with Westminster and how we might solve it.

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.

This book explores the issue of selective law enforcement, arguing that the manipulation of the legal system by powerful insiders is a distinctive feature of Putinism, reflecting both its hybrid authoritarianism and Russian legal culture.

This book explores the issue of selective law enforcement, arguing that the manipulation of the legal system by powerful insiders is a distinctive feature of Putinism, reflecting both its hybrid authoritarianism and Russian legal culture.

The theory of the unitary executive is one of the most controversial and significant constitutional doctrines of the past several decades.

The theory of the unitary executive is one of the most controversial and significant constitutional doctrines of the past several decades.