Constitution: government and the state

Author Marshall S.

By many measures--commonsensical or statistical--the United States has not been more divided politically or economically in the last hundred years than it is now.

The rhetoric of the 2012 presidential campaign exposed the deeply rooted sources of political polarization in American.

Why has it been so long since an American president has effectively and consistently presented well-crafted, intellectually substantive arguments to the American public?

At the height of Ronald Reagan's popularity in July 1986, Time magazine wrote glowingly of how he had "e;found America's sweet spot.

"e;Americans interested in history need to make the pilgrimage to Gettysburg,"e; writes Gabor Boritt in the Acknowledgments.

Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history.

Constitutional 'losers' represent a thorny and longstanding problem in American constitutional law.

Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history.

The Internet is facilitating a generational transition among American political advocacy organizations.

What would the Framers of the Constitution make of multinational corporations?

In legislatures, group dynamics affect how the legislature operates, who is valued enough to play a critical decision-making role, and what voices matter in determining policy outcomes.

Conventional theories of elections hold that an election is analogous to a consumer product market.

Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, and the U.

The Oxford Handbook of National Security Intelligence is a state-of-the-art work on intelligence and national security.

From the ancient origins of Just War doctrine to utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment, concepts of proportionality have long been an instrumental part of the rule of law and an essential check on government power.

The Constitution is one of the most revered documents in American politics.

In recent years the Supreme Court has been at the center of such political issues as abortion rights, the administration of police procedures, and the determination of the 2000 presidential election.

The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics.

What were the intentions of the Founders?

Leadership on the Federal Bench: The Craft and Activism of Jack Weinstein considers the ways a particularly gifted federal judge seized the opportunities available to district judges to influence the results of the cases before him, and employed the tools available to him to make policy having a national impact.

With only 54 years of existence, the Constitution of the State of Alaska is in its developmental infancy compared to the constitutional history of the rest of the United States.

Conventional theories of elections hold that an election is analogous to a consumer product market.

As American Indian tribes seek to overcome centuries of political and social marginalization, they face daunting obstacles.

Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day.

In The Utah State Constitution, Jean Bickmore White offers a comprehensive review of the unique historical background and the 100-year development of the Utah State Constitution.

The Hawaii State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's governing charter.

In The Massachusetts State Constitution, Lawrence Friedman and Lynnea Thody present a comprehensive and accessible survey of Massachusetts constitutional history and constitutional law.

South Carolina's current constitution is a unique reflection of America's cultural and political history.

Packaging the Presidency, Third Edition, is now completely updated to offer the only comprehensive study of the history and effects of political advertising in the United States.

Why are so many American social programs delegated to private actors?

Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day.

The First Amendment guarantee that "e;Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion"e; rejected the millennium-old Western policy of supporting one form of Christianity in each nation and subjugating all other faiths.

On April 4, 1864, Abraham Lincoln made a shocking admission about his presidency during the Civil War.

Americans love to hate their government, and a long tradition of anti-government suspicion reaches back to debates among the founders of the nation.

How Women Represent Women argues that political parties fundamentally structure the ways in which women legislators represent women's interests.

The role of religion in the founding of America has long been a hotly debated question.

Kent Greenawalt's From the Bottom Up constitutes a collection of articles and essays written over the last five decades of his career.

In this superb volume in Oxford's acclaimed Pivotal Moments series, Colin Calloway reveals how the Treaty of Paris of 1763 had a profound effect on American history, setting in motion a cascade of unexpected consequences, as Indians and Europeans, settlers and frontiersmen, all struggled to adapt to new boundaries, new alignments, and new relationships.

A constitutional order is a system of systems.

Constitutional 'losers' represent a thorny and longstanding problem in American constitutional law.

Ever since Arthur M.

Ever since Arthur M.

What makes a juvenile delinquent develop into an adult criminal?

The eighty-five famous essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay--known collectively as the Federalist Papers--comprise the lens through which we typically view the ideas behind the U.

It is safe to say that a sizeable majority of the world's population would agree with the proposition that that property rights are important for political and social stability as well as economic growth.

Packaging the Presidency, Third Edition, is now completely updated to offer the only comprehensive study of the history and effects of political advertising in the United States.

When the states ratified the Bill of Rights in the eighteenth century, the Fourth Amendment seemed straightforward.

Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "e;requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated.

Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "e;requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated.