Constitution: government and the state

God and the Founders explains the church-state political philosophies of James Madison, George Washington, and Thomas Jefferson.

The National Rifle Association (NRA) is an important actor in the American gun debate.

A fresh and compelling interpretation of Russian politics, focusing on the political development of Russia under Putin and Medvedev.

Daniel Webster and the Unfinished Constitution reveals Webster as the foremost constitutional lawyer of his day.

This concise methodological guide is geared to undergraduates making the transition between descriptive and analytical work.

From Russia to South Africa, from Turkey to the Philippines, from Venezuela to Hungary, authoritarian leaders have smashed restraints on their power.

This book examines the gradually increasing role of national parliaments in the European Union and asks how and why this came about.

Das Modell «Schweiz» ist in Gefahr.

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

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 October, grouped according to topics.

Durante los días 10, 11 y 12 de octubre de 2011, en la Universidad Externado de Colombia, se realizó el VII Encuentro de la Jurisdición Constitucional en conmemoración del vigésimo aniversario de la Constitución Política de 1991.

An analysis of the emergence of NGOs across China in three different issue areas: environmental protection, HIV/AIDS prevention, and gay and lesbian rights.

This book provides evaluations of American presidents over the course of 66 years of U.

This book argues that a significant amount of bias in representation traces its roots to the information, opinions, and attitudes that politicians bring to office.

The former Republican presidential candidate "e;advances new ideas .

Contemporary democracies have granted an expansive amount of power to unelected judges that sit in constitutional or supreme courts.

This Element provides a comprehensive assessment of the power of polls and the implications for poll reporting in contemporary elections.

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.

The commencement of America's Industrial Revolution in the 1870s set off a "e;special century"e; of economic and social progress and transformation.

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.

In this acclaimed study of British statehood, identity and culture, Tom Nairn deftly dispels the conviction that the Royal Family is nothing more than an amusing relic of feudalism or a mere tourist attraction.

Discover a fascinating and novel look at the U.

Jenkins' account of the constitutional struggle between the Liberal government of the early twentieth century and the House of Lords.

This book identifies conditions under which the Court is successful at altering the behavior of state and private actors.

The cornerstone of Clark's argument is the 1763 Royal Proclamation which forbade non-natives under British authority to molest or disturb any tribe or tribal territory in British North America.

Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions is both a roadmap for navigating the intellectual universe of constitutional amendments and a blueprint for building and improving the rules of constitutional change.

The role of law in government has been increasingly scrutinized as courts struggle with controversial topics such as assisted suicide, euthanasia, abortion, capital punishment, and torture.

The United States has been shaped by three sweeping political revolutions: Jeffersons revolution of 1800, the Civil War, and the New Deal.

Constitutional law is clearly shaped by judicial actors.

With the ratification of a new constitution in December 1906, Iran embarked on a great movement of systemic and institutional change which, along with the introduction of new ideas, was to be one of the most abiding legacies of the first Iranian revolution - known as the Constitutional Revolution.

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This book reveals how strategic behavior - or its absence - influences the decisions of the Supreme Court and, as a result, American politics and society.

For a quarter of a century between 1763 and 1788, Americans intensely debated the nature of government and the need to protect individual liberties.

Canada is facing a critical period in its history.

Many authors who discuss the idea of globalization see it as continuing pre-established paths of development of modern societies.