Constitutional

Italian Constitutional Justice in Global Context is the first book ever published in English to provide an international examination of the Italian Constitutional Court (ItCC), offering a comprehensive analysis of its principal lines of jurisprudence,...

Does the rise of populism, authoritarianism, and nationalism threaten the welfare of the rule of law? Is this fundamental democratic ideal under siege?In this timely and important book, Raymond Wacks examines the philosophical roots of the rule of law...

Human reason is limited. What are the consequences of this fact for the contested lawmaking claims between courts, legislatures and the executive branch? In light of the limits of reason, how should legal institutions be designed? In Law and the Limits...

In an age of constitutional revolutions and reforms, theory and practice are moving in opposite directions. As a matter of constitutional practice, human dignity has emerged in jurisdictions around the world as the organizing idea of a groundbreaking...

For the 2013 Hamlyn Lectures, Sir John Laws explored the constitutional balance between law and government in the United Kingdom. He argues that the unifying principle of the constitution is the common law and that its distinctive method has endowed the...

Colorblindness has become an integral part of the national conversation on race in America. Given the assumptions behind this influential metaphor-that being blind to race will lead to racial equality-it's curious that, until now, we have not considered...

Scholars have addressed at length the 'what' of judicial review under a bill of rights - scrutinizing legislation and striking it down - but neglected the 'how'. Adopting an internal legal perspective, Robert Leckey addresses that gap by reporting on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780670091133Author Chitranshul SinhaFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Penguin VikingPublisher Penguin Random House India

Through a comparative analysis of England, the European Union, and the United States, this book considers legal responses to delegation of governmental power to private parties. Although private delegation has the potential to enhance the efficiency and...

The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, founded July 1, 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge University, were established by the American scholar, industrialist, and philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner. Lectureships are awarded to outstanding scholars or leaders in...

This book explores accountability from a range of perspectives, crossing traditional disciplinary, thematic, and professional boundaries. It asks fresh questions about accountability and its place and importance in democratic societies. Accountability...

When Louis XVI gave Ben Franklin a diamond-encrusted snuffbox, the gift troubled Americans: it threatened to corrupt him by clouding his judgment. By contrast, in 2010 the Supreme Court gave corporations the right to spend unlimited money to influence...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781931968133Author John BlakemanFormat HardbackPage Count 297Imprint The University of Akron PressPublisher The University of Akron PressWeight(grams) 520g

In Andrew Jackson and the Rise of the Democratic Party, author Mark R. Cheathem provides a unique historical analysis and bold critique of American partisanship from the early republic to the end of Andrew Jackson's administration.Cheathem begins by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872291652Author Mark TushnetFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint American Historical AssociationPublisher American Historical AssociationWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780872291638Author Professor of History Jean H BakerFormat PaperbackPage Count 56Imprint American Historical AssociationPublisher American Historical...

Andrew Petter is a leading constitutional scholar who served from 1991 to 2001 as a British Columbia MLA and cabinet minister, including Attorney General. In The Politics of the Charter, Petter assembles a set of his original essays written over three...

As Americans, we cherish the freedom to associate. However, with the freedom to associate comes the right to exclude those who do not share our values and goals. What happens when the freedom of association collides with the equally cherished principle...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632352897Author Kate A ConleyFormat HardbackPage Count 32Imprint 12-Story LibraryPublisher 12-Story LibraryWeight(grams) 249gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 183mm...

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The Canadian Charter of Rights is composed of words that describe the foundations of a just society: equality, freedom, and democracy. These words of justice have inspired struggles for civil rights, self-determination, trade unionism, the right to vote,...

This landmark book provides the first systematic overview of the key scholarly contributions in an emerging field of research on constitutionalism: the sociology of constitutions. It presents chapters offering very different normative and methodological...

Historically, Canada's Constitution has been principally viewed as a federal framework or a rights bulwark. This book offers a brand new interpretation. The "Strategic Constitution," as proposed by Irvin Studin, can be a framework for Canada to project...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783515099417Author Pasquale PolicastroFormat PaperbackPage Count 267Imprint Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbHPublisher Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781477775080Author Jason PorterfieldFormat HardbackPage Count 112Imprint Rosen Young AdultPublisher Rosen Young AdultWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 234mm...

What does it mean to have a constitution? Scholars and students associated with Walter Murphy at Princeton University have long asked this question in their exploration of constitutional politics and judicial behavior. These scholars, concerned with the...

This book explores the often-overlooked democratic principle of 'rotation of power'.It considers two key questions: what happens when power stops changing hands in a democracy, and when incumbents manipulate the system to entrench themselves in office,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865974920Author Samuel PufendorFormat HardbackPage Count 273Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 636g

Arguments from failure – arguments that an institution must expand its powers because another institution is failing in some way 'to do its job' – are commonplace. From structural reform litigation, where courts sometimes assume administrative or...

Tells the story (in the participants' own words) of how a determined southern filibuster was turned back in the U. S. Senate and the 1964 Civil Rights Act made into law.This book details, in a series of first-person accounts, how Hubert Humphrey and...

Originally published in 1961, this still timely book illustrates the role of the judiciary in the solution of a social and political problem. It is unequaled in its description of the plight of federal judges who are charged with carrying out the...

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Across the world, the significance or role of Constitutions is too often understood in ways that ignore how they actually touch the lives or shape the political imaginations of ordinary people. Similarly, countries in the Global South, those that are not...

Law – charters, statutes, judicial decisions, and traditions – mattered in colonial America, and laws about religion mattered a lot. The legal history of colonial America reveals that America has been devoted to the free exercise of religion since well...

Ling Li unveils the often-hidden inner workings of China's Party-state. The Chinese Communist Party has crafted and relied on an integrated regulatory system, where politics and law are fused, to govern both its internal operations and its relations with...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848765218Author Charl HugoFormat HardbackPage Count 442Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 249g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848760510Author Kangnikoe BadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 357Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783848737369Author Alexander BrunsFormat PaperbackPage Count 295Imprint Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftPublisher Nomos VerlagsgesellschaftWeight(grams) 453g