Constitution: government and the state

Many leading historians have argued that the Constitution of the United States was a proslavery document.

When the first President Bush chose David Hackett Souter for the Supreme Court in 1990, the slender New Englander with the shy demeanor and ambiguous past was quickly dubbed a "e;stealth candidate"e;.

Many critics attack federal judges as anti-democratic elitists, activists out of step with the mainstream of American thought.

Were presidential campaigns always as bitter as they have been in recent years?

In 1986, the Supreme Court's leading conservative, William H.

Thomas Curry argues that discussion and interpretation of the First Amendment have reached a point of deep crisis.

"e;In modern nations, political disagreement is the source of both the gravest danger and the greatest security,"e; writes Cass Sunstein.

Rethinking the New Deal Court: The Structure of a Constitutional Revolution challenges the prevailing account of the Supreme Court of the New Deal era, which holds that in the spring of 1937 the Court suddenly abandoned jurisprudential positions it had staked out in such areas as substantive due process and commerce clause doctrine.

When appointed to the Supreme Court in 1970 by President Nixon, Harry A.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Constitutional law is clearly shaped by judicial actors.

This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution.

This is the untold story of the most celebrated part of the Constitution.

This third volume about legal interpretation focuses on the interpretation of a constitution, most specifically that of the United States of America.

In recent years, some have asked "e;Are we all originalists now?

The Oxford Handbook of the U.

The Oxford Handbook of the U.

The California Constitution is one of the longest in the world and has been revised over 500 times since its original drafting in 1849.

Damn Great Empires!

The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century.

The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century.

Most people believe that the right to privacy is inherently at odds with the right to free speech.

Since America's founding, the U.

Since America's founding, the U.

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington.

Corporate lobbyists are everywhere in Washington.

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.

A constitutional order is a system of systems.

Study of church and state in the United States is incredibly complex.

By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway.

By mid-2015, the Obama presidency will be entering its final stages, and the race among the successors in both parties will be well underway.

"e;[A] valuable account .

"e;[A] valuable account .

Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution-covering presidential incapacity-has been a frequent topic of public discussion.

Since the election of President Donald Trump, the Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the Constitution-covering presidential incapacity-has been a frequent topic of public discussion.

Regardless of how the presidency of Donald J.

Regardless of how the presidency of Donald J.

Amid the brazen attacks of Trump's first 100 days in office, courts have played a leading role in resistance to the authoritarian onslaught.

'Magisterial .

'David Carpenter deserves to replace Sir James Holt as the standard authority, and an unfailingly readable one too.

'A gripping work, and a gripping translation' Nicholas Lezard, GuardianNiccol Machiavelli's brutally uncompromising manual of statecraft, The Prince is translated and edited with an introduction by Tim Parks in Penguin Classics As a diplomat in turbulent fifteenth-century Florence, Niccol Machiavelli knew how quickly political fortunes could rise and fall.

Forget everything you think you know about the making of the most powerful man on the planet.

In the Laws, Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a small agricultural utopia he named Magnesia.

Probably written by a student of Aristotle, The Athenian Constitution is both a history and an analysis of Athens' political machinery between the seventh and fourth centuries BC, which stands as a model of democracy at a time when city-states lived under differing kinds of government.

Throughout history, some books have changed the world.

In this all-new collection of conversations, Noam Chomsky explores immediate and urgent international concerns including Iran's challenge to the United States, the deterioration of the Israel-Palestine conflict, the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan, the rise of China, and the growing power of the left in Latin America, as well as the Democratic victory in the US midterm elections and its ramifications for the future.

What is the point of Kings and Queens?

Britain Unwrapped provides a wide-ranging discussion of the contemporary system of government.

Providing quality public service is one of the essential functions of a government.

How the conflict between federal and state power has shaped American historyAmerican governance is burdened by a paradox.