Constitution: government and the state

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

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.

This book explores the extent to which contemporary international law expects states to take into account the interests of others - namely third states or their citizens - when they form and implement their policies, negotiate agreements, and generally conduct their relations with other states.

Some people would gnash their teeth at the idea that America was - and can be again - a Christian nation.

This book shows that powerful hereditary chiefs do not undermine democracy in Africa but, on some level, facilitate it.

I have an Article II, Donald Trump has announced, citing the US Constitution, where I have the right to do whatever I want as president.

Is the Democratic Party the ';Party of Death'?

Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present.

Eminent scholar Saikrishna Prakash offers the first truly comprehensive study of the original American presidency.

American Imperialism and the State recasts imperial governance as an episode of American state building.

Contains a full account of administrative law in the context of social, political and economic forces shaping the law.

Based on 20 years of research, including an examination of the papers of eight of the nine Justices who voted in Roe v.

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.

This provocative book shows how the United States Supreme Court has used constitutional history in church-state cases.

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From New York Times bestselling author Cass Sunstein, a timely and powerful argument for rethinking how the U.

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: Education; Employment; Transportation.

When political debates devolve, as they often do these days, into a contest between big-government progressivism and natural rights individualism, Americans tend to appeal to the self-evident truths inscribed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

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Constitutional law in Latin America embodies a mosaic of national histories, political experiments, and institutional transitions.

This book argues that Vladimir Putin''s strategy for rebuilding the Russian state was fundamentally flawed.

The Dutch Reformed Church, it was said in apartheid South Africa, was the National Party at prayer, and indeed, given that the Bible was so fundamental to much of the legislation that governed the apartheid state, that apparently satirical description had the ring of truth.

Conceptions of democracy have implications for democratic legitimacy and political behavior.

A contradictory creation indeed, the European Union has most of the institutions of a modern democracy, yet it does not function as one.

This book provides a detailed examination of the life and legal legacy of Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, including a discussion of the many legal cases in which he was involved.

This new book examines the House of Lords in both its Parliamentary and its judicial capacity.

The last two decades have witnessed an exponential growth in debates on the use of foreign law by courts.

What drives the politics of majority nationalism during crises, stalemates and peace mediations?

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.

When we think of constitutional law, we invariably think of the United States Supreme Court and the federal court system.

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

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.

From cooperation to a new cold war: is this the future for today's two great powers?

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 May, grouped according to topics.

Candidates and Voters extends our understanding of vote choice and representation, showing empirically that elections work better than is normally assumed.

"e;That's not constitutional"e; is a frequent claim in political debates in the United States.

American politics is most notably characterized by the heated debates on constitutional interpretation at the core of its ever-raging culture wars, and the coverage of these lingering disputes are often inundated with public-opinion polls.

This work provides a philosophical framework within which the free speech clause of the Constitution's First Amendment may be understood.

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: Auditing and Financial Management; Health Care.

Lankina traces the origins of Russia''s inequalities over the past two centuries from the Tsarist institution of estates, through communism, to the present day.

This Element argues that the value of interpersonal political communication depends on the motivations of the people involved.