Constitutional

The United Kingdom's constitution is famously uncodified, comprising not only statutes and legal judgments but also a vast body of informal rules known as constitutional conventions. These conventions-customarily followed by political actors such as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorNoah Theriault is associate professor of anthropology in the Department of History at Carnegie Mellon University.ReviewsNoah Theriault's A Forest of Dreams is an...

"Letters of marque" might suggest privateers of the Elizabethan era or the American Revolution. But such conventions are duly covered in the US Constitution, and the private military instruments they sanction are very much at work today in the form of...

With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, a number of new states were created that had little or no claim to any previous existence. Ukraine is one of the countries that faced not only political, social and economic transformation, but also state...

This book addresses two questions: firstly, how has the fight against COVID-19, especially the individual and collective responses of Latin American nation-states, influenced the relationship between power, people, and statebodies? And secondly, has...

Dignity is a complex philosophical, theological, and constitutional concept. Courts have often progressively distanced the notion of dignity in constitutional law from its religious connotation to emphasize individual autonomy and self-determination...

This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of the principles shaping EU law: autonomy, conferral, equality, national identity, loyalty, solidarity, supremacy and effectiveness. Much has been written about principles of EU law inspired by...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886972023Author Michael R WeisserFormat PaperbackImprint Nova Science Publishers IncPublisher Nova Science Publishers IncWeight(grams) 217g

"Diversity" has become a mantra within discussions of university admissions policies and many other arenas of American society. In the essays collected here, Sanford Levinson, a leading scholar of constitutional law and American government, wrestles with...

Despite its importance to the life of the nation and all its citizens, the Supreme Court remains a mystery to most Americans, its workings widely felt but rarely seen firsthand. In this book, journalists who cover the Court-acting as the eyes and ears of...

"The book is carefully organized and well written, and it deals with a question that is still of great importance-what is the relationship of the Bill of Rights to the states."-Journal of American History"Curtis effectively settles a serious legal...

Comparative Constitutional Law and Politics: Analysis, Cases, and Materials is the first comprehensive casebook for the field, offering students an innovative and truly global approach to comparative constitutional law. Written by leading scholars, this...

Scotland's Constitution: Law and Practice, Fifth Edition provides a clear, comprehensive account of Scottish constitutional law within its UK and (continuing) European context. It describes and analyses constitutional arrangements while integrating that...

At a time when constitutional democracy is under increasing strain, Let's Agree on Poland offers a bold exploration of how divided societies can break through ideological deadlock and reform their institutions. While rooted in the case of Poland, the...

Since the mid-20th century, many postcolonial states have engaged in multiple constitution-making exercises, with the turnover in written constitutions often due to coups or internal conflict. Conversely, people have resisted authoritarian rule through...

This book includes essays in honour of Professor Andrew Harding, a leading scholar in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law. Written by his colleagues and friends, the essays deal with important themes in comparative law in...

Heresy Press's first non-fiction offering addresses free speech and creative freedom-central to the press's mission-in the form of a concise primer of arguments against censorship. Co-authored by Greg Lukianoff and Nadine Strossen, The War on Words: 10...

This book discusses some of the most important issues facing administrative law and related doctrines. Leading public law scholars from across the common law world have contributed chapters to recognise the exceptional scholarship and career of Matthew...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552217344Author Donald DesserudFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Irwin Law IncPublisher Irwin Law IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

This book explores what judges do and how they perceive their roles in the context of growing dissensus over liberal democracy.Focusing on the European landscape, it asks eighteen judges how they perceive their roles when judicial independence and...

A unique, international look at the intersection of law and the most personal of rights.Law/Gay and Lesbian StudiesA unique, international look at the intersection of law and the most personal of rights. Law and Sexuality brings together leading scholars...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788175343986Author Verma JusticeFormat HardbackPage Count 377Imprint Universal Law Publishing Co LtdPublisher Universal Law Publishing Co LtdDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782406101451Author Classiques GarnierFormat PaperbackPage Count 265Imprint Classiques GarnierPublisher Classiques GarnierWeight(grams) 395g

This book examines intermediate appellate courts by using the Irish Court of Appeal as a case study.The operation and contribution of intermediate appellate courts are often overlooked in legal scholarship, which tends to focus on apex courts, most...

In referendums on fundamental constitutional issues, do the people come together to make decisions instead of representatives? This book argues no. It offers an alternative theory of referendums whereby they are one of many ordinary ways that voters give...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772841145Author Lorena Sekwan FontaineFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint University of Manitoba PressPublisher University of Manitoba Press

This volume is the first in-depth collection to explore the impact of language on the field of comparative constitutional law. It addresses the epistemological and conceptual implications of English as the lingua franca. In this regard, it considers ...

Ours is an age of protest. Around the world, activists and movements believe in the potential of assembly to bring about important social and political change. The right of peaceful assembly has attracted growing policy and legal attention nationally and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765137284Author Donald J. CampbellFormat HardbackPage Count 344Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Dieter Grimm is one of the foremost scholars of constitutional law, constitutional theory, and European law in Germany and worldwide. His jurisprudential writings have found a large English-language audience in works such as Constitutionalism: Past,...

Constitutionalism has become a byword for legitimate government, but is it fated to lose its relevance as constitutional states relinquish power to international institutions? This book evaluates the extent to which constitutionalism, as an empirical...

What sort of methods are best suited to understanding constitutional doctrines and practices? Should we look to lawyers and legal methods alone, or should we draw upon other disciplines such as history, sociology, political theory, and moral philosophy?...

The principles of freedom of expression have been developed over centuries. How are they reserved and passed on? How can large internet gatekeepers be required to respect freedom of expression and to contribute actively to a diverse and plural...

China's legal system is vast and complex, and robust scholarship on the subject is difficult to obtain. Inside China's Legal System provides readers with a comprehensive look at the system including how it works in practice, theoretical and historical...

The concepts and values that underpin traditional constitutionalism are increasingly being challenged by political realities that place substantial power beyond the state. Among the few certainties of a global economy is the growing incongruity between...

This book aims to distil the essentials of liberal constitutionalism from the jurisprudence and practice of contemporary liberal-democratic states. Most constitutional theorists have despaired of a liberal consensus on the fundamental goals of...

The casebook introduces students to the reasons for regulation, the ways in which regulation can go awry, the choice of legal institutions, the choice of regulatory instruments, and the art of statutory interpretation. The book uses several substantive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781854316899Author Peter LeylandFormat PaperbackPage Count 484Imprint Blackstone Press LtdPublisher Oxford University PressWeight(grams) 639gDimensions(mm)...

This new edition of the leading English-language text provides a detailed profile of the Conseil and an up-to-date overview of le droit administratif, which is regarded, alongside the Code Napoleon, as the most notable achievement of French legal science...

This book deals with one of the most important issues of philosophy of law and constitutional thought: how to understand clashes of fundamental rights, such as the conflict between free speech and privacy. The main argument of this book is that much can...