Constitution: government and the state

Bestselling author Robert Morgan explores 100 Bible verses that powerfully impacted our leaders during defining moments in American history and reflects upon what these verses mean for us as a nation today.

Presenting twenty-two years of multidistrict litigation data, this book exposes a systematic lack of checks and balances in our courts.

After the collapse of communism, some thirty countries scrambled to craft democratic constitutions.

Der dreibändige "Grundkurs" verbindet wissenschaftliche Exaktheit auf dem neuesten Stand der Forschung mit anschaulicher Sprache nebst einer Fülle zeitgenössischer Abbildungen zu einem einzigartigen Wegbegleiter durch nahezu tausend Jahre deutscher Militärgeschichte.

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.

An examination of how legacies of authoritarian rule shaped the outcome of Egypt''s 2011 founding elections.

Examines how constitutional requirements of the lawmaking process, and the factional divisions within parties, affect US representatives'' decisions on distributing power among themselves.

The oneness of China is the norm.

Before it became a federation, the United States was briefly a confederation, a much looser union composed of states rather than of peoples.

This book analyzes why combative politics stigmatizes Democrats and Republicans, thus Americans avoid political actions that could identify them as partisans.

This book offers a sampling of cutting-edge research on the state, pointing to future directions for research and providing innovative ways of theorizing states.

Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013The United States Senate has fallen on hard times.

When a person is not recognised as a citizen anywhere, they are typically referred to as 'stateless'.

An introduction to the politics and society of post-colonial Nigeria, highlighting the key themes of ethnicity, democracy, and development.

Today there are more states controlling more people than at any other point in history.

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The rise of the media presidency through radio and television broadcasts has heightened the visibility and importance of presidential speeches in determining the effectiveness and popularity of the President of the United States.

This "e;Encyclopaedia of World Constitutions"e; contains the full text for the constitutions of all important countries of the world.

Of all the written portraits of the delegates who attended the Federal Convention of 1787, few are as complete and compelling as those penned by William Pierce Jr.

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: National Defense.

The message of this extraordinary election [in November 2010] is clear enough: the American citizenry has rejected the secular dogma, socialist policies, and machine-driven politics that comprise the Obama agenda.

An analysis of how members of Congress utilize their state delegations across legislative chambers to remain responsive to constituents and assist in re-election efforts.

In this abridged edition for the Landmark Law Cases and American Society series American by Birth is now available in a format designed for students and general readers and includes a chronology outlining the key points in the case plus a bibliographical essay.

2019 marks the 200th anniversary of one of the most important Supreme Court decisions in American history: McCulloch v.

Rome's once independent Italian allies became communities of a new Roman territorial state after the Social War of 91-87 BC.

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

Analyzes the labor experience of Israeli Palestinian women, arguing that state policies and widespread discrimination hinder their labor force participation and success.

This book provides an account and explanation of a fundamental dilemma facing secular states: the 'legitimacy gap' left by the withdrawal of religion as a source of legitimacy.

This book explores how global capitalism has reconfigured state-market relations, and how interactions among capital, labor and consumption threaten global democracy.

Diese Studie untersucht die Bedingungen legitimer Herrschaft und begründet, dass sie nur in einer gestuften globalen Ordnung realisiert werden können.

But the Bible, more than any other book, is also the most maligned on the market.

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 April, grouped according to topics.

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

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.

As the most prominent figure of the U.

This book explores why juries have declined in power and how the federal government and the states have taken the jury''s authority.

To examine government policy and state practice on housing, welfare, mental health, disability, prisons or immigration is to come face-to-face with the harsh realities of the 'punitive state'.

Examines the ways in which religion and nationalism have interacted to provide a powerful impetus for mobilization in Southeast Asia.

Today a billion people, including about 340 million of the world's extreme poor, are estimated to live in 'fragile states'.

It is March 1972, and the Nixon White House wants Jack Anderson dead.

A ground-breaking new study of China''s development paradox - predicated on informal and ambiguous institutions - through property and resources.

This volume makes a challenging critique of the idea of Cosmopolis - that is, the idea of world or 'global' government.