Constitutional category: 1750 books
Black Resistance/White Law
A History of Constitutional Racism in America
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1995
How the government has used the Constitution to deny black Americans their legal rights
From the arrival of the first twenty slaves in Jamestown to the Howard Beach Incident of 1986, Yusef Hawkins, and Rodney King, federal law enforcement has pleaded lack of authority against white violence...
Constitutional Peril
The Life and Death Struggle for Our Constitution and Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2015
Renowned attorney and political critic Bruce Fein reveals the dangers our Constitution and our nation have faced courtesy of the Bush Administration and a Congress asleep at the switch. In blistering detail, he deconstructs the policies of Bush in the War on Terror--from the flouting of the Foreign...
The Law of the Land
A Grand Tour of Our Constitutional Republic
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2015
From Kennebunkport to Kauai, from the Rio Grande to the Northern Rockies, ours is a vast republic. While we may be united under one Constitution, separate and distinct states remain, each with its own constitution and culture. Geographic idiosyncrasies add more than just local character. Regional...
The Politics of Principle
The First South African Constitutional Court, 1995–2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Under its first chief justice, Arthur Chaskalson, the South African Constitutional Court built an unrivalled reputation in the comparative constitutional law community for technically accomplished and morally enlightened decision-making. At the same time, the Court proved remarkably effective in asserting...
by Speedy Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2015
Constitutional law has too many principles that sometimes make the head spin. To get a better grip of legal matters, it's best to always carry around a handy study guide such as this. This guide is perfect for students and lawyers to serve as a valuable reminder of the law's most basic definitions and inclusions. Grab a copy today.
by Alexander Somek
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Originally the constitution was expected to express and channel popular sovereignty. It was the work of freedom, springing from and facilitating collective self-determination. After the Second World War this perspective changed: the modern constitution owes its authority not only to collective authorship,...
Economic Governance in Europe
Comparative Paradoxes and Constitutional Challenges
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2016
The Euro-Crisis and the legal and institutional responses to it have had important constitutional implications on the architecture of the European Union (EU). Going beyond the existing literature, Federico Fabbrini's book takes a broad look and examines how the crisis and its aftermath have changed...
The Contract Clause
A Constitutional History
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
Few provisions of the American Constitution have had such a tumultuous history as the contract clause. Prompted by efforts in a number of states to interfere with debtor-creditor relationships after the Revolution, the clause—Article I, Section 10—reads that no state shall “pass any. . . Law...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2009
Since 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern themselves and determine their own economic, political, and cultural futures. As a first and crucial step...
Framed
America's 51 Constitutions and the Crisis of Governance
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2012
In his widely acclaimed volume Our Undemocratic Constitution, Sanford Levinson boldly argued that our Constitution should not be treated with "sanctimonious reverence," but as a badly flawed document deserving revision. Now Levinson takes us deeper, asking what were the original assumptions...
by Mark A. Graber
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2013
A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions. Mark A. Graber both explores and offers original answers to such central questions as: What is a Constitution,? What are...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2015
The Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution offers a comprehensive overview and introduction to the U.S. Constitution from the perspectives of history, political science, law, rights, and constitutional themes, while focusing on its development, structures, rights, and role in the U.S. political...
Perfecting the Constitution
The Case for the Article V Amendment Process
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2013
He who can change the Constitution controls the Constitution. So who does control the Constitution? The answer has always been: “the people.” The people control the Constitution via the Article V amending process outlined in the Constitution itself. Changes can only be made through Article V and...
Broken Landscape : Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution
Indians, Indian Tribes, and the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2009
Broken Landscape is a sweeping chronicle of Indian tribal sovereignty under the United States Constitution and the way that legal analysis and practice have interpreted and misinterpreted tribal sovereignty since the nation's founding. The Constitution formalized the relationship between Indian tribes...