Constitution: government and the state

Through multiple topics, these essays offer a principled perspective on the unfolding history of law and justice in Britain.

The developments of early 2011 changes the political landscape of the Middle East.

The political theory of the Irish Constitution considers Irish constitutional law and the Irish constitutional tradition from the perspective of Republican theory.

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

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

James Madison's record of the Constitutional Convention traces day by day the debates held from May to September 1787 and presents the only complete picture we have of the strategy, interests, and ideas of the Founders at the convention itself.

Author Roman Popadiuk served in the Bush White House from 1989 to 1992 as deputy assistant to the president and deputy press secretary for foreign affairs.

The relationship between liberalism and nationalism is of growing importance in many areas of the world.

The Gaullist Attack on Canada reveals a phase of French imperialism that poses a threat to Canadian Confederation.

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Although there is no doubt that the constitution has been significantly reformed since the election of New Labour in 1997 the degree to which these reforms have altered the nature of democracy in the United Kingdom remains highly contested.

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

New from Broadside Books' Voices of the Tea Party.

Explains the construction of the Syrian state over the last 100 years and decodes the events of the current crisis.

This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) and is focused on the following topics: Government Operations; National Defense; Transportation.

The United States has become ever more deeply entrenched in powerful, rival, partisan camps, and its citizens more sharply separated along ideological lines.

American Constitutional History presents a concise introduction to the constitutional developments that have taken place over the past 225 years, treating trends from history, law, and political science.

This collection of essays surveys the full range of challenges that territorial conflicts pose for constitution-making processes and constitutional design.

Demonstrates how party elites influence candidate decisions and shape the outcomes of primary elections for House and Senate.

The Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from "e;abridging the freedom of speech,"e; but does not define what that freedom entails.

This book describes life on the contemporary border between Algeria and Mali, exploring current developments in a broad historical and socioeconomic context.

Beyond the People develops a provocative, interdisciplinary, and meta-theoretical critique of the idea of popular sovereignty.

This book examines the gradually increasing role of national parliaments in the European Union and asks how and why this came about.

This book argues that House incumbents have not improved their electoral fortunes in recent decades.

Few issues are as mired in rhetoric and controversy as affirmative action.

Moscow in Movement is the first exhaustive study of social movements, protest, and the state-society relationship in Vladimir Putin's Russia.

Après l’échec du projet de constitution européenne, faut-il renoncer ?

This "e;Encyclopaedia of World Constitutions"e; contains the full text for the constitutions of all important countries of the world.

Provides a study of contemporary politics in Ethiopia through an empirical focus on language policy, citizenship, ethnic identity and gender.

The American Congress Reader is a supplement to the American Congress textbook.

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This ambitious work uncovers the constitutional foundations of that most essential institution of modern democracy, the political party.

Evaluates the pressures, both institutional and territorial, that Brexit exerts on both the United Kingdom and Irish constitutional orders.

A timely history of the profound impact of Earl Warren's Supreme Court on many areas of modern American government and societyFrom 1953 to 1969, Earl Warren served as chief justice of the US Supreme Court.

Innere Sicherheit als geteilte Verantwortung für Kommunen und Polizei: mit der vorliegenden Publikation wird der Trend zu einer stärkeren Autorität des Staates in gefühlt zunehmend unsicheren Zeiten kritisch befragt.

Der EU-Ausschuss des Bundesrates steht im Mittelpunkt eines in der Praxis komplexen Verfahrens, über das die 16 Bundesländer an der Europapolitik mitwirken.

Before Game Change there was What It Takes, a ride along the 1988 campaign trail and “possibly the best [book] ever written about an American election” (NPR).

In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Supreme Court nominations were driven by presidents, senators, and some legal community elites.

Long gone are the times when class-based political parties with extensive membership dominated politics.

Governors can be powerful actors in the lawmaking process, but what they''re bargaining over shapes their strategy and effectiveness.