Constitutional category: 1750 books

C'est dans l'analyse de l'agir communicationnel que résident le sens et la portée des réflexions que Jürgen Habermas a développées et cultivées quant au droit (et au constitutionnalisme). Il faut en conséquence, avec attention et lucidité, examiner cette matrice philosophique et épistémologique,...

The first full life—private, public, legal, philosophical—of the 107th Supreme Court Justice, one of the most profound and profoundly transformative legal minds of our time; a book fifteen years in work, written with the cooperation of Ruth Bader Ginsburg herself and based on many interviews with...

La Constitución de los Estados Unidos de América fue redactada en la Convención Constitucional en Filadelfia en 1787, firmada el 17 de septiembre de 1787 y ratificada por el número requerido de estados (nueve) el 21 de junio de 1788. Sustituyó los Artículos de la Confederación, los estatutos originales de los Estados Unidos que estaban vigentes desde 1781.

Originally published in 2000, The Right to Vote was widely hailed as a magisterial account of the evolution of suffrage from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the story forward, from the disputed presidential contest of...

A memoir filled with “valuable, passionate insights” from the lawyer who argued the landmark Roe v. Wade case to the Supreme Court (Kirkus Reviews). More than 40 years ago, the highest court in the land handed down a decision that would forever alter the lives of women throughout the United...

From one of the most influential journalists of the last half century, an essential explanation and defense of a foundational American idea: free speech More than any other people on earth, we Americans are free to say and write what we think. The press can air the secrets of government, the...

The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated,...

¿Qué es una restricción a los derechos humanos?, ¿cuántas y cuáles son las restricciones que presenta nuestra Constitución?, ¿deben observarse ciertas reglas para establecerlas y aplicarlas? Si ese fuera el caso, ¿en qué consisten esas reglas? Interrogantes que son centrales en el debate...

In May 1787, in an atmosphere of crisis, delegates met in Philadelphia to design a radically new form of government. Distinguished historian Richard Beeman captures as never before the dynamic of the debate and the characters of the men who labored that historic summer. Virtually all of the issues...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year.”  —The Hill "It is still striking to see the full argument unfold and realize that you don’t have to be a zealot to imagine some version of it happening…Lies. Abuse of power. Treason....

“Guns don't kill people; people kill people.”“When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.”“An armed society is a polite society.”Who hasn't heard these engaging assertions, time and time again? Burned into the national consciousness by years of targeted, disciplined messaging by...

Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Contains two essays by Martin Luther King Jr. concerning the role of violence in the civil rights movement. During the height of the Civil Rights Movement, Robert Williams organized armed self-defense against the...

Examen de las cuestiones prácticas de la prueba a partir de sus presupuestos constitucionales, tanto españoles como europeos, de su configuración legal, especialmente a raíz de la implantación en 2009 de la nueva oficina judicial, y de su aplicación cotidiana por los tribunales. El autor, David Ordóñez Solís, es magistrado de lo contencioso-administrativo.

El amparo adhesivo resulta ser una figura procesal que impacta al artículo 17 de la Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, ya que tiene como objetivo la tutela judicial efectiva, extremo que evidencia una vez más que el juicio de amparo es la máxima institución en el ordenamiento...