The second volume of Burns's acclaimed history of America, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great Depression Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address pointed to a new way to preserve an old hope that democracy might prove a vibrant and lasting form of government for people of different races, religions, and aspirations.
"e;A brilliant full-length portrait of Franklin Roosevelt the politician"e;-the first in an award-winning two-volume biography (The Christian Science Monitor).
Before Game Change there was What It Takes, a ride along the 1988 campaign trail and "e;possibly the best [book] ever written about an American election"e; (NPR).
REVELATIONS FOR A CHANGING EARTH AND EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO SURVIVEThe book you hold in your hand has the answer to any dilemma you might face under life-shattering changes that may be ahead for America and the Earth.
Part autobiography and part examination of our current system of social security, Upholding the Rule of Law is more than just a treatise on what happened with that agency in the 1970s and 1980s; Judge Borowiecs insights provide a methodology to eliminate the massive disability claims backlog that continues to plague the Social Security Administration and which simultaneously impoverishes the thousands of disability claimants waiting two years or more for an agency decision on their disability claims.
Critical Condition tackles several issues in our country today for which the lack of using common sense has simply taken us down a road of bureaucratic nonsense, leaving fears of offending someone if our laws do not fit into the far lefters expectations and laws being circumvented by our courts today.
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness?
In a world where web services can make real-time data accessible to anyone, how can the government leverage this openness to improve its operations and increase citizen participation and awareness?
In this book the former head of Mrs Thatcher's policy unit looks at the state of the British Constitution at a crucial time in its history, arguing that recent years have seen an increased willingness to monitor itself on the part of the Establishment, but that more audacious reforms are needed to restore full confidence in Parliament, government and the legal system.
First published in 1908, Constitutional Government in the United States offers Woodrow Wilson's thoughts on the US political system, including his famous theories regarding constitutional interpretation.
With its blend of accessible writing and actual excerpts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.
Andrew Petter is a leading constitutional scholar who served from 1991 to 2001 as a British Columbia MLA and cabinet minister, including Attorney General.
Andrew Petter is a leading constitutional scholar who served from 1991 to 2001 as a British Columbia MLA and cabinet minister, including Attorney General.
Canada's Indigenous Constitution reflects on the nature and sources of law in Canada, beginning with the conviction that the Canadian legal system has helped to engender the high level of wealth and security enjoyed by people across the country.
The Canadian system of federalism divides the power to govern between the central federal parliament and the provincial and territorial legislative assemblies.
The Canadian system of federalism divides the power to govern between the central federal parliament and the provincial and territorial legislative assemblies.
In Judging Democracy, Christopher Manfredi and Mark Rush challenge assertions that the Canadian and American Supreme Courts have taken radically different approaches to constitutional interpretation regarding general and democratic rights.
Canada's Indigenous Constitution reflects on the nature and sources of law in Canada, beginning with the conviction that the Canadian legal system has helped to engender the high level of wealth and security enjoyed by people across the country.
Organized crime, understood in a literal sense as systematic illegal activity for money or power, is as old as the first systems of law and government and as international as trade.
A study of "economic imperialism" based on a theoretical inquiry into the most important research frontier in the scholarly field: the analysis of constitutions.
In this timely book, edited from a manuscript left unfinished at his death, one of Canada’s leading constitutional scholars presents his prescription for constitutional change.
