Constitution: government and the state

The field of comparative constitutional law has grown immensely over the past couple of decades.

The Declaration of Independence as you've never seen it beforeSome of us cherish it with near-scriptural reverence.

For well over two centuries, the United States Constitution has served as a charter for a free, democratic government and for a country that has risen from a dicey political experiment to an economic and political superpower.

We live in a world which no longer questions itself, which lives from one day to another managing successive crises and struggling to brace itself for new ones, without knowing where it is going and without trying to plan the itinerary.

For well over two centuries, the United States Constitution has served as a charter for a free, democratic government and for a country that has risen from a dicey political experiment to an economic and political superpower.

The Making of Barack Obama: The Politics of Persuasion provides the first comprehensive treatment of why Obama's rhetorical strategies were so effective during the 2008 presidential campaign, during the first four years of his presidency, and once again during the 2012 presidential campaign.

An inherent tension resides in the Fourth Amendment's strictures on unreasonable searches and seizures.

These essays by political scientists provide “an effective snapshot of where the presidency appears to be heading in the 21st century .

A study of the Supreme Court tenure of the only US president to serve as chief justice provides a unique perspective on 1920s America.

This interdisciplinary collection of essays by a constitutionalist and a political sociologist examines how fragmented societies can be held together by appropriate and effective constitutional arrangements providing for bonds of democratic citizenship.

The Nebraska Constitution is one of the oldest state constitutions in America.