Constitutional category: 1750 books
by Ron Gleason, PhD.
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
This book rigorously examines the controversy over the death penalty with clarity and cogency.
After Dr. Ron Gleason lays a thorough groundwork in history and law, he defines ethics philosophically, and then presents the Biblical mandate.
For the secular reader, he illustrates the positions...
Drawing Out Law
A Spirit's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2010
The Anishinabek Nation's legal traditions are deeply embedded in many aspects of customary life. In Drawing Out Law, John Borrows (Kegedonce) skillfully juxtaposes Canadian legal policy and practice with the more broadly defined Anishinabek perception of law as it applies to community life, nature,...
The Magna Carta with free audio link (the Great Charter)
The Great Charter of the Liberties of England (Magna Carta Libertatum)
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2013
Magna Carta (Latin for Great Charter),[1] also called Magna Carta Libertatum or The Great Charter of the Liberties of England, is an Angevin charter originally issued in Latin in the year 1215. It was translated into vernacular French as early as 1219,[2] and reissued later in the 13th century in...
The Dirty Dozen
How Twelve Supreme Court Cases Radically Expanded Government and Eroded Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
Alexander Hamilton wrote that “the judiciary, from the nature of its functions, will always be the least dangerous to the political rights of the Constitution.” If only that were true. The Founding Fathers wanted the judicial branch to serve as a check on the power of the legislative and executive,...
Choosing Not to Choose
Understanding the Value of Choice
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
Our ability to make choices is fundamental to our sense of ourselves as human beings, and essential to the political values of freedom-protecting nations. Whom we love; where we work; how we spend our time; what we buy; such choices define us in the eyes of ourselves and others, and much blood and...
by Arthur L. Rizer III
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Immigration law is unique in its national security applications because, while it may be used as a mechanism for keeping the enemy out, it is also the apparatus for entry into the United States. This book examines this topic first by conducting a historical overview of using immigration law for national security purposes, and then exploring the laws and cases themselves.
The Arab Spring
An Essay on Revolution and Constitutionalism
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Approaching the concept of Islamic constitutionalism from a comparative perspective, this thought-provoking study by Antoni Abat i Ninet and Mark Tushnet uses traditional Western political theory as a lens to develop a framework for analyzing the events known as the ‘Arab Spring’. Writing with clarity...
Democracy and Political Ignorance
Why Smaller Government Is Smarter, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2016
One of the biggest problems with modern democracy is that most of the public is usually ignorant of politics and government. Many people understand that their votes are unlikely to change the outcome of an election and don't see the point in learning much about politics. This creates a nation of people...
Patt im Ausschuss
Die Abbildung politischer Mehrheitsverhaeltnisse in repraesentativen Gremien im Spannungsfeld von Staatsrecht und Staatspraxis
Language: German
Release Date: November 15, 2016
Immer wieder kommt es bei der Besetzung von Ausschüssen zu Pattsituationen zwischen dem Regierungs- und dem Oppositionslager. Der Autor geht der Frage nach, wie mit derartigen Pattsituationen umgegangen werden soll. Dabei berücksichtigt er einerseits die staatsrechtlichen Vorgaben für die Ausschussbesetzung,...
by Emeritus Professor Carol Harlow, Professor Richard Rawlings
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
This book is about the administrative procedures of the European Union, which we see as the 'super glue' holding in place the sprawling structures of the EU governance system. The early chapters deal with the structures expansively defined, the diverse functions of administrative procedures in the...
Valuing Bureaucracy
The Case for Professional Government
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2017
To be effective, government must be run by professional managers. When decisions that should be taken by government officials are delegated to private contractors without adequate oversight, the public interest is jeopardized. Verkuil uses his inside perspectives on government performance and accountability...
The New Constitution
According to Osism
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2017
After 5,000 years of feudal rule, a new constitution is needed. The helm must be turned around completely if we are to save ourselves from destruction. Every day, people watch the news showing the injustices and feel helpless to change it. Although convinced we are on the wrong track, we question...
by Robert L. Tsai
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 29, 2014
Robert Tsai's history invites readers into the circle of defiant groups who refused to accept the Constitution's definition of who "We the People" are and how their authority should be exercised. It is the story of America as told by dissenters: squatters, Native Americans, abolitionists, socialists, internationalists, and racial nationalists.
De la constitución de 1991 a la realidad
Debates políticos, jurídicos, territoriales e internacionales
Language: Spanish
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Este libro presenta las reflexiones que sobre los efectos de la Constitución de 1991 y sus modificaciones han hecho profesores e investigadores de las facultades de Ciencia Política y Gobierno de la Universidad del Rosario, así como de la Facultad de Jurisprudencia de esta misma institución, expertos...