Constitution: government and the state

A large-scale empirical investigation into the frequency and accuracy of media coverage of public policy.

European constitutionalisation has met with scepticism – this book analyses the steps necessary to move to EU''s ''Second Constitution''.

Presenting new theoretical perspective, this book shows how law and politics shape state high court use of Supreme Court precedent.

This Element develops an explanation of how and why all public policy preferences move over time.

Presenting new theoretical perspective, this book shows how law and politics shape state high court use of Supreme Court precedent.

This book provides a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the invocation and interaction of religious and national assertions in sacralizing local and global politics.

An engaging introduction to Latin America with a fresh, thematic approach to key political and social issues.

Asks how the ''parchment'' promises of a written constitution are translated into political practice, working through the many problems of constitutional implementation after adoption.

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

A large-scale empirical investigation into the frequency and accuracy of media coverage of public policy.

How do legal professionalism and politics influence efforts to structure the process of selecting and retaining state judges?

Locates the origins of the modern sense of a Founder''s Constitution in Antebellum debates over slavery in the nation''s capital.

Examines predatory practices in mortgage markets to provide invaluable insight into the racial wealth gap between black and white Americans.

Asks how the ''parchment'' promises of a written constitution are translated into political practice, working through the many problems of constitutional implementation after adoption.

An engaging introduction to Latin America with a fresh, thematic approach to key political and social issues.

How do legal professionalism and politics influence efforts to structure the process of selecting and retaining state judges?

Locates the origins of the modern sense of a Founder''s Constitution in Antebellum debates over slavery in the nation''s capital.

European constitutionalisation has met with scepticism – this book analyses the steps necessary to move to EU''s ''Second Constitution''.

This book provides a comparative, interdisciplinary analysis of the invocation and interaction of religious and national assertions in sacralizing local and global politics.

Featuring original research, this collection celebrates the remarkable career of former Supreme Court President, Brenda Hale.

Featuring original research, this collection celebrates the remarkable career of former Supreme Court President, Brenda Hale.

Presents an ambitious narrative and fresh re-assessment of common law and natural law''s varied interactions in America, 1630 to 1930.

Explains constitutional rights, how courts must identify them, and why their protections are more limited than most people think.

Presents an ambitious narrative and fresh re-assessment of common law and natural law''s varied interactions in America, 1630 to 1930.

Examined the development of legislatures under colonial rule, post-colonial autocratic single party rule, and multi-party politics in Africa.

Looks at the effect of new technologies and privacy, arguing that advances in technology can enhance privacy and security at the same time.

Examines gender in Southeast Asia through cultural constructions of gender, responses to these discourses and the gendering of power.

Provides the first comparative look into executive decree authority.

This Element seeks to make sense of Southeast Asia''s numerous armed conflicts, analysing typology, ethnicity, trends and conflict management.

The book demonstrates the underappreciated extent and political importance of both positive and negative mass partisan attitudes in Brazil.

Examines Saudi and Syrian policies during three pivotal wars, to understand how identity and power influence state behaviour in the Middle East.

Chronicles secularism in Lebanon up to the present day, presenting possible causes for its decline in the face of sectarianism.

Explains constitutional rights, how courts must identify them, and why their protections are more limited than most people think.

Questions if voters would vote differently if it were illegal to discriminate in voting?

Provides the first comprehensive post-Heller account of the Second Amendment as constitutional law - dispelling many myths along the way.

Examines Saudi and Syrian policies during three pivotal wars, to understand how identity and power influence state behaviour in the Middle East.

This Element seeks to make sense of Southeast Asia''s numerous armed conflicts, analysing typology, ethnicity, trends and conflict management.

A deep insight into the emergence and persistence of new continental development institutions in Africa and their capacity to affect development outcomes.

A deep insight into the emergence and persistence of new continental development institutions in Africa and their capacity to affect development outcomes.

Examines the demographic shifts in the Middle East and North Africa, placing them in their social, political and economic contexts.

A study that maps India''s political opportunities and closures for claim making in general and housing grievances in particular.

A comparison of Turkey''s and Egypt''s diverging foreign policies during the Cold War in light of their leaderships'' nation making projects.

Examines gender in Southeast Asia through cultural constructions of gender, responses to these discourses and the gendering of power.

This thorough legal resource guides those pushing the frontlines of the nation''s oldest battle: the fight to protect indigenous cultures.

Discusses theories and concepts used in the analysis of public policy processes, studying theories of policy processes, monitoring and evaluation.

Places constitutional law in its legal, historical and political context using contemporary examples.

Provides the first natural law justification for an originalist interpretation of the American Constitution.

The first major scholarly defense of the centrality of the Framers'' intentions in constitutional interpretation to appear in years.

Following the controversy stirred by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa, Clark analyses its multi-level impact on national politics and ordinary communities.

Places constitutional law in its legal, historical and political context using contemporary examples.