Constitution: government and the state

Can constitutional amendments be unconstitutional?

Can constitutional amendments be unconstitutional?

In the late fourteenth and the fifteenth centuries, the Dukes of Valois-Burgundy created a composite monarchy in the Netherlands, an area that had been dominated for centuries by several regional dynasties.

Religions are a problem for human rights, and human rights are a problem for religions.

In this book, HP Lee explores how the separation of powers doctrine in Malaysia has been adversely affected by a number of major constitutional conflicts among the various important organs of government.

In this book, HP Lee explores how the separation of powers doctrine in Malaysia has been adversely affected by a number of major constitutional conflicts among the various important organs of government.

Constitutional politics has become a major terrain of contemporary struggles.

Constitutional politics has become a major terrain of contemporary struggles.

Hugo Grotius and the Century of Revolution, 1613-1718 is a reconstruction of the way Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was read and used by English political and religious writers in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Hugo Grotius and the Century of Revolution, 1613-1718 is a reconstruction of the way Hugo Grotius (1583-1645) was read and used by English political and religious writers in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Constitutional law has been and remains an area of intense philosophical interest, and yet the debate has taken place in a variety of different fields with very little to connect them.

Constitutional law has been and remains an area of intense philosophical interest, and yet the debate has taken place in a variety of different fields with very little to connect them.

This is the first full-length study of Scottish royal government in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries ever to have been written.

The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts.

The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts.

Constitutional law provides the legal framework for the Australian political and legal systems, and thus touches almost every aspect of Australian life.

Constitutional law provides the legal framework for the Australian political and legal systems, and thus touches almost every aspect of Australian life.

Market and competition authorities operate in a complex environment with conflicting stakeholder demands.

Market and competition authorities operate in a complex environment with conflicting stakeholder demands.

In a comprehensive examination of the constitutional systems of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, Po Jen Yap contributes to a field that has traditionally focussed on Western jurisdictions.

In a comprehensive examination of the constitutional systems of Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore, Po Jen Yap contributes to a field that has traditionally focussed on Western jurisdictions.

German constitutionalism has gained a central place in the global comparative debate, but what underpins it remains imperfectly understood.

German constitutionalism has gained a central place in the global comparative debate, but what underpins it remains imperfectly understood.

Contemporary debates about the changing nature of law engage theories of legal pluralism, political economy, social systems, international relations (or regime theory), global constitutionalism, and public international law.

Contemporary debates about the changing nature of law engage theories of legal pluralism, political economy, social systems, international relations (or regime theory), global constitutionalism, and public international law.

Constitutional democracy is more fragile and less 'natural' than autocracy.

Constitutional democracy is more fragile and less 'natural' than autocracy.

In his ground-breaking book, the leading political philosopher Russell Hardin develops a new theory of liberal constitutional democracy.

Menachem Mautner offers a compelling account of Israeli law as a site for the struggle over the shaping of Israeli culture.

The House of Lords served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years.

If one counts the production of constitutional documents alone, the nineteenth century can lay claim to being a 'constitutional age'; one in which the generation and reception of constitutional texts served as a centre of gravity around which law and politics consistently revolved.

If one counts the production of constitutional documents alone, the nineteenth century can lay claim to being a 'constitutional age'; one in which the generation and reception of constitutional texts served as a centre of gravity around which law and politics consistently revolved.

Known from ancient authors such as Herodotus, Thucydides, and Plato, and more than 2,500 inscriptions, proxeny (a form of public guest-friendship) is the best attested interstate institution of the ancient world.

The English revolution is one of the most intensely-debated events in history; parallel events in Scotland have never attracted the same degree of interest.

The fertile plains of the ancient Greek region of Thessaly stretch south from the shadow of Mount Olympus.

There has been little analysis of the constitutional framework for management of the UK economy, either in constitutional law or regulatory studies.

There has been little analysis of the constitutional framework for management of the UK economy, either in constitutional law or regulatory studies.

Comparative study has emerged as the new frontier of constitutional law scholarship as well as an important aspect of constitutional adjudication.

Comparative study has emerged as the new frontier of constitutional law scholarship as well as an important aspect of constitutional adjudication.

The period from the fifteenth century to the late eighteenth century was one of critical importance to British constitutionalism.

The global movement of culture and religion has brought about a serious challenge to traditional constitutional secularism.

The global movement of culture and religion has brought about a serious challenge to traditional constitutional secularism.

How should constitutional design respond to the opportunities and challenges raised by ethnic, linguistic, religious, and cultural differences, and do so in ways that promote democracy, social justice, peace and stability?

The House of Lords served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years.

Each state in Europe has its own national laws which affect religion and these are increasingly the subject of political and academic debate.

Menachem Mautner offers a compelling account of Israeli law as a site for the struggle over the shaping of Israeli culture.

Covenanting Citizens throws new light on the origins of the English civil war and on the radical nature of the English Revolution.

Voices of Conscience analyzes how the link between politics and conscience was articulated and shaped throughout the seventeenth century by confessors who acted as counsellors to monarchs.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.

The Defamation Act constitutes a significant overhaul of UK defamation legislation, which follows years of concern about the detrimental effects that preceeding libel laws had on freedom of expression, and the extent to which the jurisdiction had become a magnet for libel claimants.