Constitution: government and the state

This book analyses unamendability in democratic constitutionalism and engages critically and systematically with its perils, offering a much-needed corrective to existing understandings of this phenomenon.

These essays focus on the intellectual and philosophical roots of religious liberty and the confrontations with the authority of secular law.

A comparative analysis of the nation-building projects of Turkey under Ataturk and Erdogan, concentrating on the idea of the ''desired'' citizen.

This set of fifteen volumes under the title International Encyclopaedia of World Constitutions, Commentaries and Laws provides readers with a complete guide to the commentaries on individual constitutions and respective constitutional amendments of all major nations of the world, their constitutions, and the constitutional laws.

In A NATION OF SHEEP, Judge Andrew P.

Popular perception holds that presidents act "e;first and alone,"e; resorting to unilateral orders to promote an agenda and head off unfavorable legislation.

We hear it everyday: government spending is out of control.

The New Labour government first elected in 1997 had a defining influence on the development of the modern UK constitution.

A rich narrative portrait of post-revolutionary America and the men who shaped its political future.

Although no woman has yet served as president of the United States, women have played important roles within the executive branchand they have found many ways to exert pressure on the president.

For scholars, pundits, the public, and presidents themselves, presidential approval is an evergreen subject.

When asked which branch of government protects citizens rights, we tend to think of the Supreme Courtstepping in to defend gay rights, for example, in the recent same-sex marriage case.

Traces the history of, and analyzes, the current status of the law on a number of prohibited acts forbidden to the federal government as prescribed in Article I, Section 9, of the United States Constitution.

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.

Examines the relationship between the president and the Supreme Court, including how presidents view the norm of judicial independence.

The Making of Barack Obama: The Politics of Persuasion provides the first comprehensive treatment of why Obama's rhetorical strategies were so effective during the 2008 presidential campaign, during the first four years of his presidency, and once again during the 2012 presidential campaign.

This book analyzes the threats to the property rights of business owners and investigates what makes these rights secure.

A study of citizenship formation in post-1979 Iran, examining the centrality of non-elite women''s participation in the process.

This book shows how non-governmental organizations in the developing world change how people participate in politics.

This 2005 book presents an argument for the right of groups to secede, offering a thorough and unapologetic defense.

This collection examines the mutually influential interactions of gender and the state in Latin America from the late colonial period to the end of the twentieth century.

This volume uses essential and illuminating primary documents as a portal for understanding the evolution and present parameters of presidential power, the relationship between America's three branches of government, and why wartime often leads presidents to claim expansive powers and authority.

My great friend and author of 'Dark Agenda,' David Horowitz, is out with a new book, 'Final Battle: The Next Election Could Be the Last.

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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.

This book examines how polarization threatens democracy and the sources of political and institutional resilience that can help sustain it.

There is no shortage of opinions on the legacy that George W.

For the first time in paperback, New York Times best-selling author Roger Stone's insider tell-all about the presidential campaign that shocked the world.

This book examines Chinese workers'' experiences and shows how disenchantment with the legal system drives workers from the courtroom to the streets.

This book uses surveys, statistics, and case studies to explain why and how cultural norms affect political attitudes and behavior.

Canada and the United States: Differences that Count investigates why and how the United States and Canada—while so close and seemingly so similar—remain different in so many ways.

Some of today's most prominent experts on the American presidency offer their perspectives, commentary, and analyses in this volume of studies, commissioned by the Fulbright Institute of International Relations and the Blair Center of Southern Politics and Culture, both at the University of Arkansas.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and is focused on the following topics: Agriculture and Food; Business Regulation and Consumer Protection; Transportation.

This remarkable book shatters just about every myth surrounding American government, the Constitution, and the Founding Fathers, and offers the clearest warning about the alarming rise of one-man rule in the age of Obama.

Newsmax TV anchor and WABC Radio host Greg Kelly delivers a stirring and ';relevant' (Military Press) defense of American law enforcement with a warning of what will happen if they are defunded and derided.

The 116th Congress recently enacted benefits related to two unemployment insurance (UI) programs: Unemployment Compensation (UC) and Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA).

Every four years, Congress gathers to count electoral votes and certify a winner of the presidential election.

An illuminating, provocative new book by the master geopolitical forecaster and New York Times bestselling author of The Next 100 Years.

A play-by-play account of the elite politics that led to the military crackdown during the 1989 Tiananmen protests in China.

These essays focus on the intellectual and philosophical roots of religious liberty and the confrontations with the authority of secular law.

This new history of the Christian Right considers how conservative evangelicals in the modern American South forged a political identity.

This thorough examination of the roots and motivations for U.