Judgement Calls tackles one of the most important and controversial legal questions in contemporary America: How should judges interpret the Constitution?
The Canadian Constitution of 1867 as written should have provided the authoritative guide to the law governing the division of powers between the national and provincial governments of Canada, but by the 1940s the federal constitution was a very different document to that composed originally by John A.
In the wake of national crises and sharp shifts in the electorate, new members of Congress march off to Washington full of intense idealism and the desire for instant changebut often lacking in any sense of proportion or patience.
Providing a comprehensive view of the constitutional architecture of federations, contributors address change and development in federal states from the standpoint of constitutional revision and reform.
KOMPAKT UND ANSCHAULICH ERZÄHLT: VON DEN ANFÄNGEN EUROPAS BIS ZUR EU IN AKTUELLEN KRISENZEITENDie Zukunft der EU und der gegenwärtige Zustand Europas beherrschen die politischen Diskussionen unserer Tage.
With the media spotlight on the recent developments concerning the Supreme Court, more and more people have become increasingly interested in the highest court in the land.
The Sovereignty Revolution is the late Senator Alan Cranston's analysis of the problems created by our current conception of sovereignty, "e;with every nation supreme inside its own borders and acknowledging no master outside them.
Following the controversy stirred by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa, Clark analyses its multi-level impact on national politics and ordinary communities.
Explores the first administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez, which marked a decisive break in a seemingly endless cycle of civil war in Colombia Kline argues that the first administration of Colombian President Alvaro Uribe Velez marks a decisive break in a seemingly endless cycle of civil war.
When the first President Bush chose David Hackett Souter for the Supreme Court in 1990, the slender New Englander with the shy demeanor and ambiguous past was quickly dubbed a "e;stealth candidate"e;.
Contemporary debates about the changing nature of law engage theories of legal pluralism, political economy, social systems, international relations (or regime theory), global constitutionalism, and public international law.
In recent years a series of scandals have challenged the traditional political reliance on public constitutional law and human rights as a safeguard of human well-being.
El proposito de este volumen es presentar una reflexion de conjunto sobre el primer constitucionalismo iberoamericano desplegado en las decadas iniciales del siglo XIX.