Constitutional category: 1750 books
The Constitution of Malaysia
A Contextual Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2012
Malaysia's constitution was set at the independence of the Federation of Malaya in 1957 along the lines of the Westminster model, embracing federalism and constitutional monarchy. That it has endured is explained in terms of the social contract agreed between the leaders of the three main ethnic groups...
Uncertain Justice
The Roberts Court and the Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2014
With the Supreme Court more influential than ever, this eye-opening book tells the story of how the Roberts Court is shaking the foundation of our nation's laws
From Citizens United to its momentous rulings regarding Obamacare and gay marriage, the Supreme Court under Chief Justice John Roberts...
Our Undemocratic Constitution
Where the Constitution Goes Wrong (And How We the People Can Correct It)
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2006
Levinson argues that too many of our Constitution's provisions promote either unjust or ineffective government. Under the existing blueprint, we can neither rid ourselves of incompetent presidents nor assure continuity of government following catastrophic attacks. Less important, perhaps, but certainly...
A Matter of Interpretation
Federal Courts and the Law - New Edition
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2018
We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand. According to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, a judge like this can maneuver through earlier cases to achieve the desired aim—"distinguishing one prior case...
by David E. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2010
The Canadian system of federalism divides the power to govern between the central federal parliament and the provincial and territorial legislative assemblies. In what can be seen as a double federation, power is also divided culturally, between English and French Canada. The divisions of power and...
The Progeny
Justice William J. Brennan's Fight to Preserve the Legacy of New York Times v. Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
New York Times Co. v. Sullivan, credited with defining the central meaning of the First Amendment, has protected the freedom of expression for the past 50 years. This compelling work of historical non-fiction focuses on the progeny of that decision, examining how Justice Brennan nurtured and developed...
by Mark Tushnet
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2005
"An incisive consideration of the Supremes, offering erudite yet accessible clues to legal thinking on the most important level."--Kirkus Reviews
In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how...
Unprecedented
The Constitutional Challenge to Obamacare
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2013
Foreword by Randy E. Barnett
In 2012, the United States Supreme Court became the center of the political world. In a dramatic and unexpected 54 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts voted on narrow grounds to save the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare. Unprecedented tells the...
by Erwin Chemerinsky
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
A preeminent constitutional scholar offers a hard-hitting analysis of the Supreme Court over the last two hundred years
Most Americans share the perception that the Supreme Court is objective, but Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the country’s leading constitutional lawyers, shows that this is nonsense...
by Jesse H. Choper
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2013
As constitutional scholar John Nowak noted when the book was first released, "Professor Choper's Judicial Review and the National Political Process is mandatory reading for anyone seriously attempting to study our constitutional system of government. It is an important assessment of the democratic...
by Damon Root
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2014
Should the Supreme Court defer to the will of the majority and uphold most democratically enacted laws? Or does the Constitution empower the Supreme Court to protect a broad range of individual rights from the reach of lawmakers? In this timely and provocative book, Damon Root traces the long war...
by Gerard N. Magliocca
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2011
by C. Herman Pritchett
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2014
THE ROOSEVELT COURT is a brilliant analysis of Supreme Court decisions during a crucial decade in the Supreme Court’s history, by a political scientist “interested in the social and psychological origins of judicial attitudes and the influence of individual predilections on the development of...
Impartial Justice
The Real Supreme Court Cases that Define the Constitutional Right to a Neutral and Detached Decisionmaker
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
This book examines the right to a neutral and detached decisionmaker as interpreted by the U.S. Supreme Court. This right resides in the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment and Fourteenth Amendment guarantees to procedural due process and in the Sixth Amendment’s promise of an impartial jury. Supreme...