Constitution: government and the state

Offering a unique resource for students, scholars, and citizens, this work fully explains all of the 21 enumerated powers of the U.

The Myth of Presidential Representation evaluates the nature of American presidential representation, questioning the commonly held belief that presidents represent the community at large.

William Tudor, Willard Phillips, and Richard Henry Dana were not their fathers' Federalists.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms became an entrenched part of the Canadian Constitution on April 17, 1982.

The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life.

The mission of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is to enforce the controlled substances laws and regulations of the United States and bring to the criminal and civil justice system of the United States, or any other competent jurisdiction, those organizations and principal members of organizations, involved in the growing, manufacture, or distribution of controlled substances appearing in or destined for illicit traffic in the United States; and to recommend and support non-enforcement programs aimed at reducing the availability of illicit controlled substances on the domestic and international markets.

A large-scale comparative work of leading cases examines judicial constitutional reasoning in eighteen different legal systems globally.

Who could forget the Supreme Courts controversial 5-4 decision in Bush v.

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.

As citizens, why do we care about the everyday life of ministers and civil servants?

The Origins of the English Parliament is a magisterial account of the evolution of parliament, from its earliest beginnings in the late Anglo-Saxon period.

In this superb volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion a cascade of unexpected consequences, as Indians and Europeans, settlers and frontiersmen, all struggled to adapt to new boundaries, new alignments, and new relationships.

Alexis de Tocqueville, one of the greatest commentators on the American political tradition, viewed it through the lens of two related ideas: liberty and equality.

In the steamy summer of 1787, as America's founding fathers fashioned their Constitution, they told the most powerful institution in their new nation what it must not do: "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion.

This book analyzes the conflict between two rising powers - direct democracy and the courts.

Indonesia has a growing population of almost 300 million people, it is increasingly involved in world affairs, and has a booming economy.

In the #1 New York Times bestseller, the former Assistant to the President and Director of Communications for the Office of Public Liaison in the Trump White House provides an eye-opening and ';explosive' (The Boston Globe) look into the corruption and controversy of the current administration.

This book explains why the United States, a country that values religious freedom, has persecuted some religious minorities while protecting others.

Covering a century of Middle Eastern international relations, this book develops an original approach to understanding regional conflict and cooperation.

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 June, grouped according to the topic: Homeland Security.

This book focuses on the Polish Constitution of 1997, concentrating on its structure, its substance and some of the institutional choices made by the drafters.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) provides a range of benefits and services to veterans and eligible dependents who meet certain criteria as authorized by law.

This book traces the politics of the Shia in the oil-rich Eastern Province of Sunni-dominated Saudi Arabia since the nineteenth century.

Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex.

The US Constitution recognizes the president as the sole legal head of the executive branch.

Explores how amid America''s racial, religious, and civic struggles, voucher-supporting policymakers strategically attenuate policy design and communications to circumvent legal challenge.

How has Barack Obama done in his first term as a "e;progressive president,"e; especially in relation to his campaign assertions?

A comprehensive account of how the Athenian constitution was created-with lessons for contemporary constitution-buildingWe live in an era of constitution-making.

What would an Anti-Federalist Constitution look like?

In order to show the potentialities of abrighter future, we must first resuscitate the visions of abetter past.

Brown v.

This Encyclopedia is the first to compile pseudonyms from all over the world, from all ages and occupations in a single work: some 500,000 pseudonyms of roughly 270,000 people are deciphered here.

The fertile plains of the ancient Greek region of Thessaly stretch south from the shadow of Mount Olympus.

The Bush Administration has notoriously argued that detainees at Guantanamo do not enjoy constitutional rights because they are held outside American borders.

This book looks at the factors that affect voters'' perceptions of the president, presidential approval ratings, attitudes about Congress, and voter trust toward government.

This ambitious work uncovers the constitutional foundations of that most essential institution of modern democracy, the political party.

Thomas Curry argues that discussion and interpretation of the First Amendment have reached a point of deep crisis.

Since the end of the Second World War and the subsequent success of constitutional judicial review, one particular model of constitutional rights has had remarkable success, first in Europe and now globally.

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.

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.

Presents oral histories of how same-sex-marriage bans impacted gay couples and their children, and how courts rescued those families.

Après le 11 Septembre, la toute-puissance de George W.

'Exhilarating' Financial Times'Highly perceptive, engaging and somewhat startling' Literary Review'A profound meditation on how and why democracy must keep its faith in the future and the future must keep its faith in democracy' David RuncimanDemocracy is future-oriented and self-correcting: today's problems can be solved, we are told, in tomorrow's elections.