Constitutional category: 1750 books
Judges on Trial
The Independence and Accountability of the English Judiciary
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2013
The second edition of Judges on Trial articulates the rules, assumptions and practices which shape the culture of independence of the English judiciary today. Enhanced by interviews with English judges, legal scholars and professionals, it also outlines the factors that shape the modern meaning of...
The Affordable Care Act Decision
Philosophical and Legal Implications
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2014
Interest in NFIB v. Sebelius has been extraordinarily high, from as soon as the legislation was passed, through lower court rulings, the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari, and the decision itself, both for its substantive holdings and the purported behind-the-scene dynamics. Legal blogs exploded...
Habeas for the Twenty-First Century
Uses, Abuses, and the Future of the Great Writ
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2011
For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus has served as an important safeguard against miscarriages of justice, and today it remains at the center of some of the most contentious issues of our time—among them terrorism, immigration, crime, and the death penalty. Yet, in recent decades, habeas has...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2016
In the burgeoning literature on law and religion, scholarly attention has tended to focus on broad questions concerning the scope of religious freedom, the nature of toleration and the meaning of secularism. An under-examined issue is how religion figures in the decisions, actions and experiences...
by Laura Weinrib
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 19, 2016
Laura Weinrib shows how a coalition of lawyers and activists made judicial enforcement of the Bill of Rights a defining feature of American democracy. Protection of civil liberties was a calculated bargain between liberals and conservatives to save the courts from New Deal attack and secure free speech for both labor radicals and businesses.
The Second Amendment and Gun Control
Freedom, Fear, and the American Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2017
The Second Amendment, by far the most controversial amendment to the US Constitution, will soon celebrate its 225th anniversary. Yet, despite the amount of ink spilled over this controversy, the debate continues on into the 21st century. Initially written with a view towards protecting the nascent...
by John R. Vile
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
This book is the most comprehensive review of all the major proposals to rewrite, revise, or even replace the U.S. Constitution, covering more than 170 proposals from the nation's beginnings to the present day.
• Discusses more than 170 proposed major alterations in—or alternatives to—the...
The Abortion Rights Controversy in America
A Legal Reader
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
Beginning with the introduction of abortion law in the nineteenth century, this reader includes important documents from nearly two hundred years of debate over abortion. These legal briefs, oral arguments, court opinions, newspaper reports, opinion pieces, and contemporary essays are introduced with...
The United States Constitution
One Document, Many Choices
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2015
This book examines the U.S. Constitution by focusing on its origins in Western political thought and its organization and subsequent amendments. It describes the document as a series of choices among alternative governmental institutions that are designed to provide national security and secure ordered liberty.
Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia
Remedies for Breach of Contract
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia provides an authoritative account of the contract law regimes of selected Asian jurisdictions, including the major centres of commerce where until now, limited critical commentaries have been available in the English language. In this new six part series of scholarly...
by Patricia Galeana
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 27, 2011
Reunión de ponencias de especialistas como Rabasa, Burgoa Orihuela, García Cantú, José Luis Soberanes, Javier Garciadiego, Patricia Galeana, entre muchos otros, haciendo un recorrido por el constitucionalismo mexicano desde sus antecedentes en la Constitución de Cádiz hasta la Carta Magna actualizada en 2003.
México en 1917
Entorno económico, político, jurídico y cultural
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 26, 2017
Compilación que reúne cuatro ensayos que analizan desde distintos enfoques (económico, político, social y cultural), los procesos y acontecimientos más importantes que tuvieron lugar en el año de 1917, los cuales dieron pie a la promulgación y entrada en vigor de la Constitución Política actual.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2010
Rather than abstract philosophical discussion or yet another analysis of legal doctrine, Speech and Silence in American Law seeks to situate speech and silence, locating them in particular circumstances and contexts and asking how context matters in facilitating speech or demanding silence. To understand...
Colonial Constitutionalism
The Tyranny of United States' Offshore Territorial Policy and Relations
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2001
Colonial Constitutionalism exposes one of the great failures of American democracy. It posits that the creation of a U.S. 'empire' over the last century violated the basis of American constitutionalism through its failure to fully admit annexed offshore territories into the Union. The book's focused...