Constitution: government and the state

Since 1787, constituent assemblies have shaped politics.

Providing quality public service is one of the essential functions of a government.

Marking the Sesquicentennial of Confederation in Canada, this book examines the growing global influence of Canada''s Constitution and Supreme Court on courts confronting issues involving human rights.

Argues that rising powers challenge international order when their status ambitions seem to be unjustly and permanently blocked.

Most Americans admire the determination and drive of artists, athletes, and CEOs, but they seem to despise similar ambition in their elected officials.

The idea of the separation of powers is still popular in much political and constitutional discourse, though its meaning for the modern state remains unclear and contested.

Did you know that most of the biggest indie filmmakers, screenwriters, and producers working today each made the same avoidable mistakes early on in their careers?

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence, and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of September, grouped according to topics.

Contemporary democracies have granted an expansive amount of power to unelected judges that sit in constitutional or supreme courts.

Noted political scientist Benjamin Ginsberg has written an essential text for courses on the United States presidency.

The Constitution of the United States divides war powers between the executive and legislative branches to guard against ill-advised or unnecessary military action.

This title was first published in 1997: This is the definitive English translation of the new Russian Civil Code (Parts 1 and 2), often referred to as "e;the second Russian Constitution"e;.

Fifty years after John F.

A study of the state and international relations of Zimbabwe from the perspective of their citizens.

This is the "e;everything"e; women's suffrage and Nineteenth Amendment book, coming just as the country celebrates the centenary of the constitutional amendment that finally brought the vote to all American women.

Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s–50s.

Japan's Commission on the Constitution: The Final Report

There is long-standing constitutional protection of the right to marry that applies to same-sex couples.

The "e;natural order of the state"e; was an early modern mania for the Ottoman Empire.

A study of "economic imperialism" based on a theoretical inquiry into the most important research frontier in the scholarly field: the analysis of constitutions.

This book presents a uniquely dynamic and fluid model of political evolution in the world''s largest and most powerful authoritarian regime.

This book analyses the economics of regional sovereignty movements in the Russian Federation from 1990–1993.

This Element evaluates the shifting relationship between the state, society, and markets in North Korea in an authoritarian context.

This book affords a new perspective on Syria as it stands at the crossroads of political, social and religious fragmentation.

Over time the presidential election of 1964 has come to be seen as a generational shift, a defining moment in which Americans deliberated between two distinctly different visions for the future.

Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of March, grouped according to the topic: Government Operations.

The Lord did not come as a political deliverer or social reformer.

Presidents are more constrained in exercising unilateral actions than before.

New Challenges for Maturing Democracies in Korea and Taiwan takes a creative and comparative view of the new challenges and dynamics confronting these maturing democracies.

This book explores conflict between national and subnational politicians over the formulation of economic policy.

Assesses the function, successes of and challenges for the EU''s Common Security and Defence Policy.

Tracks China''s transformation from the establishment of the People''s Republic to its rise as a superpower in the twenty-first century.

This book provides a complement to Dicey's The Law of the Constitution.

This Element argues that Japan has fundamentally shifted its military posture over the last three decades.