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Impeaching the President
Past, Present, and Future
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2018
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It is the the only impeachment-related title that looks at Constitutional law and the history of past impeachments as lessons for understanding our current situation with...
Religion, Law and the Constitution
Balancing Beliefs in Britain
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2017
This book examines the existing constitutional and legal system in England, Wales and Scotland, through the prism of its treatment of religion and belief. The study encompasses questions of Church/state relations, but pushes far beyond these. It asks whether the approach to religion which has spread...
Chretien and Canadian Federalism
Politics and the Constitution: 1993-2003
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2003
Drawing on his experience as a two-term MP and former Parliamentary Secretary, Ted McWhinney addresses the need for modernization to meet the radically new demands of the plural, multicultural Canada of the 21st century and offers new ways out of our present constitutional straight-jacket. Among the...
The Sovereignty of Law
Freedom, Constitution, and Common Law
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
In The Sovereignty of Law, Trevor Allan presents an accessible introduction to his influential common law constitutional theory - an account of the unwritten constitution as a complex articulation of legal and moral principles. The British constitution is conceived as a coherent set of fundamental...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book presents a collection of essays on key topics and new perspectives on the EU’s Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (AFSJ) and has a Foreword by the President of the Court of Justice of the European Union, Prof. Dr. Koen Lenaerts.
Europe’s area of freedom, security and justice...
Comparative Federalism
Constitutional Arrangements and Case Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
This is the first comprehensive book that explores the subject of federalism from the perspective of comparative constitutional law, whilst simultaneously placing a strong emphasis on how federal systems work in practice. This focus is reflected in the book's two most innovative elements. First, it...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Examining developments in the first decade of the twenty-first century, this authoritative collection of essays studies the evolving practice of constitutional law and constitutionalism in Asia. It provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse constitutional issues and developments in sixteen East,...
The UK Constitution after Miller
Brexit and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2018
The judgment of the UK Supreme Court in R (Miller) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union is of fundamental legal, constitutional and political significance. The Supreme Court's judgment discussed the relative powers of Parliament and the Government, the relationship between Westminster...
by Paul Antinori
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2012
The author makes the case for a new Constitutional Convention. The federal government has grown top- heavy. The balance of government power has shifted away from the States and the people and is now entrenched in Washington.This institutional trend offends the core principles of the Constitution....
The Positive Second Amendment
Rights, Regulation, and the Future of Heller
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
The Second Amendment is among the most recognized provisions of the Constitution. It is also perhaps the most misunderstood. Common misconceptions about the amendment - what it forbids, what it permits, how it functions as law - distort the gun debate and America's constitutional culture. In The Positive...
The Constitution of Australia
A Contextual Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Consistently with the aims of the series, the book canvasses the Australian constitutional system in a way that explains its form and operation, provides a critical evaluation of it and conveys a sense of the contemporary national debate. The chapters deal with the foundations of Australian constitutionalism,...
Radical Deprivation on Trial
The Impact of Judicial Activism on Socioeconomic Rights in the Global South
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
This book is an empirical study of contributions by courts in the Global South to comparative constitutionalism. It offers an analytical framework for understanding these constitutional innovations and illustrates them with a qualitative study of the most ambitious case in constitutional adjudication...
Unstable Constitutionalism
Law and Politics in South Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Although the field of constitutional law has become increasingly comparative in recent years, its geographic focus has remained limited. South Asia, despite being the site of the world's largest democracy and a vibrant if turbulent constitutionalism, is one of the important neglected regions within...
by Helen Irving
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2004
In this excellent new book, Helen Irving delves into the mystery that is the Australian constitution by discussing the major national debates of recent years. Many people want to understand and take part in the debate about constitutional issues but they face a significant hurdle: the constitution...