Constitutional

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780968580325Author Michael B DavieFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing IncWeight(grams) 182g

Updated to include the 2007 decision Gonzales v. Carhart, this volume provides all of the major Supreme Court decisions on abortion--as well as many majority, dissenting, and plurality opinions--carefully edited for use in undergraduate and graduate...

At various times in U.S. history, the right to vote has been granted or denied on the basis of such criteria as wealth, gender, ethnicity, and race. Through both analysis and documentation, this volume introduces the reader to the history of vote denial...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973053Author Philip KurlandFormat PaperbackPage Count 711Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1999g

"How can anyone claim to really understand our Constitution without knowing what these critical traditions had to say?" Michael Wallace, Professor of History, John Jay College. "A real contribution to the subject of democracy and liberalism." John...

The modern law of search and seizure permits warrantless searches that ruin the citizenry's trust in law enforcement, harms minorities, and embraces an individualistic notion of the rights that it protects, ignoring essential roles that...

The modern law of search and seizure permits warrantless searches that ruin the citizenry's trust in law enforcement, harms minorities, and embraces an individualistic notion of the rights that it protects, ignoring essential roles that...

The First Amendment-and its guarantee of free speech for all Americans-has been at the center of scholarly and public debate since the birth of the Constitution, and the fervor in which intellectuals, politicians, and ordinary citizens approach the topic...

The origins, controversial uses, and competing interpretations of Jefferson's famous remark-"wall of separation between church and state" No phrase in American letters has had a more profound influence on church-state law, policy, and discourse than...

In a society that prides itself on the most expansive legal guarantees of free speech in history, why are so many individuals and groups frustrated by the American system of freedom of expression? As the public sphere continues to be redefined by...

Following the retirement of Justice Anthony Kennedy and the controversial confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, the Supreme Court plunged into a contentious term that featured divisive cases involving abortion, immigration, capital punishment, and...

American Justice 2015: The Dramatic Tenth Term of the Roberts Court is the indispensable guide to the most controversial and divisive cases decided by the Supreme Court in the 2014-15 term. Steven Mazie, Supreme Court correspondent for The Economist,...

Here is a concise overview of the historical development and judicial interpretation of the First Amendment religion clauses. It begins with a survey of the history of American religious liberty, goes on to present the views of the Founding Fathers, and...

In recent years, much political and legal debate has centered on the class action lawsuit. Many lawyers and judges have noted the intense pressure to settle caused by the very filing of a suit. Some contend that the procedure amounts to a form of...

In the wake of the 2000 Election, the relationship between the Supreme Court and the American states has become more important. Once derided by the Court as a 'truism,' the Tenth Amendment has in recent years been transformed from a neglected provision...

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives. The Court is just one more solid conservative justice away from an ideological sea change--a hard-right turn on an array of issues that...

For many Americans, the word "constitution" means just one thing: the national Constitution. According to a recent survey, almost half do not know that individual states also have constitutions. Scholars have also paid little attention to state...

The U.S. Constitution opens by proclaiming the sovereignty of all citizens: "We the People." Robert Tsai's gripping history of alternative constitutions invites readers into the circle of those who have rejected this ringing assertion-the defiant groups...

The debate over the 'democratic deficit' of the European Union has tended to focus on the legitimacy and representativeness of the European Parliament. It has been the policy-making powers of the Parliament and its struggle to secure the dominant role in...

Americans are deeply divided over the Second Amendment. Some passionately assert that the Amendment protects an individual's right to own guns. Others, that it does no more than protect the right of states to maintain militias. Now, in the first and only...

American politics is most notably characterized by the heated debates on constitutional interpretation at the core of its ever-raging culture wars, and the coverage of these linger disputes is often inundated with public-opinion polls. Yet for all their...

In his new book, Michael Perry evaluates the grave charge that the modern Supreme Court has engineered a "judicial usurpation of politics". In particular, Perry inquires which of the several Fourteenth Amendment conflicts---the conflicts over race...

Focusing on the actions and attitudes of the courts, legislatures, and public servants in six colonies, Judge Higginbotham shows ways in which the law has contributed to injustices suffered by Black AmericansReviews"Chronicles in unrelenting detail the...

By engaging deeply with American legal and political history as well as the increasingly rich material on gender history, Gendered Citizenship illuminates the ideological contours of the original struggle over the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) from 1920...

The European Yearbook of Constitutional Law (EYCL) is an annual publication devoted to the study of constitutional law. It aims to provide a forum for in-depth analysis and discussion of new developments in the field, both in Europe and beyond. This...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619423978Author Blake I DurhamFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 158g

From 1933 to 2009, the U.S. House of Representatives considered 107 contested election cases. The vast majority of these cases were resolved in favour of the contestee, a term referring to a Member or Member-elect of the House of Representatives whose...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781607415367Author John R VaughnFormat HardbackPage Count 123Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 348g

Affirmative Action Law: An Introduction (Charles V. Dale); Affirmative Action Revisited: A Legal History and Prospectus (Charles V. Dale); The Supreme Court Decision in Adarand Constructors Inc. v. Pena; Disadvantaged Business Enterprises (Charles V...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781560725527Author S N ColameryFormat HardbackPage Count 331Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 710g

Drafting the Irish Free State Constitution challenges the myths surrounding the Irish Free Constitution by analysing the document in its proper historical context, by looking at how the Constitution was drafted and elucidating the true nature of the...

This edited volume in American constitutionalism places the Supreme Court's declaration of same-sex marriage rights in U.S. v. Windsor (2013) and Obergefell v. Hodges (2015) within the context of the Court's developing understanding of the legal and...

The Writing and Ratification of the U.S. Constitution: Practical Virtue in Action examines the events surrounding the development of the U.S. Constitution. Setting these events within the context of the colonial conflict with Britain and the experience...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634631839Author Jared HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 74Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 154g

One of the key issues facing our republic in this century is the exercise of presidential war powers. The constitutional structure which gives the Congress responsibility for declaring war is being challenged and some would argue usurped by a succession...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781617285134Author Christopher E HaffnerFormat HardbackPage Count 111Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

One of the ongoing controversies related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been the scope of exemption from certain health care coverage requirements, including the contraceptive coverage requirement. Though closely divided, the U.S. Supreme Court's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606925522Author William A GalvanFormat PaperbackPage Count 85Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 156g

Federal regulation, like taxing and spending, is one of the basic tools of government used to implement public policy. Although not as frequently examined as congressional or presidential policy making, the process of developing and framing rules is...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606923122Author Joseph G MassingaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 94Imprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 198g