Constitutional category: 1750 books
The Constitution of a Federal Commonwealth
The Making and Meaning of the Australian Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2009
By analysing original sources and evaluating conceptual frameworks, this book discusses the idea proclaimed in the Preamble to the Constitution that Australia is a federal commonwealth. Taking careful account of the influence which the American, Canadian and Swiss Constitutions had upon the framers...
by Ramsey Clark, Thomas Ehrlich Reifer, Haifa Zangana
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
Before the US invasion of Iraq, before the American public saw the infamous photos from Abu Ghraib, the CIA went to the White House with a question: What, according to the Constitution, was the line separating interrogation from torture—and could that line be moved? The White House lawyers' answer—in...
Criminal Judicial Review
A Practitioner's Guide to Judicial Review in the Criminal Justice System and Related Areas
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2014
This is a comprehensive guide to challenging decisions of criminal courts and public bodies in the criminal justice system using judicial review. Written by a team of criminal and public law practitioners, it considers claims for judicial review arising in the criminal justice system, which now represent...
by Anab Whitehouse
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2018
‘The People Amendments’ explores various facets of the history, principles, and philosophies that went into forging the United States Constitution. Special attention is paid to the Bill of Rights, in general, and the Tenth Amendment, in particular, as important sources of possibility, as well...
by Marcus Vinicius Ribeiro
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Esta obra é uma coletânea de tratados internacionais de direitos humanos. No início são feitas breves considerações sobre o Sistema Global de Proteção de Direitos Humanos da ONU e os Sistemas Regionais de Proteção de Direitos Humanos. Em seguida foram selecionados os principais tratados...
by Congresso Brasileiro
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: February 6, 2012
Constituição da República Federativa do Brasil atualizada até a Emenda Constitucional nº 67.Criada para atender às necessidades de acadêmicos e profissionais de diversas áreas, cada título da coleção contempla legislação criteriosamente selecionada e atualizada até Janeiro de...
by Giulio Bacosi
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 13, 2015
Language: Italian
Release Date: July 13, 2015
L’Autore usa parole semplici e chiare per indagare i rapporti tra il Vangelo come “Costituzione” del credente cattolico e la “laica” Costituzione Repubblicana, facendo affiorare profonde affinità a prima vista impensabili. Ne esce una visione del Potere orientata al Servizio dei Cittadini.
State Security Regimes and the Right to Freedom of Religion and Belief
Changes in Europe Since 2001
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
The question of to what extent, manifestations of religious beliefs should be permitted in the European public sphere has become a salient and controversial topic in recent years. Despite the increasing interest however, debates have rarely questioned the conventional wisdom that an increase in the...
Cultural Difference on Trial
The Nature and Limits of Judicial Understanding
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2016
Cultural Difference on Trial: The Nature and Limits of Judicial Understanding comprises a sustained philosophical exploration of the capacity of the modern liberal democratic legal system to understand the thought and practice of those culturally different minorities who come before it as claimants,...
The Safeguard of Liberty and Property
The Supreme Court, Kelo v. New London, and the Takings Clause
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2014
In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled in Kelo v. New London that a city might take property from one private owner and transfer it to another for economic redevelopment. The ruling marked a new interpretation of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution, and set a precedent which has raised significant questions...
by Vincent Augustine DSouza
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2015
At one time I and many others admired the American Constitution. Compared to Indian Constitution it had few amendments. Date of presidential election was fixed and the election took whatever may happen. Today the admiration has evaporated. Certain things need to change in the American...
Liberal Suppression
Section 501(c)(3) and the Taxation of Speech
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2018
In the course of exempting religious, educational, and charitable organizations from federal income tax, section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code requires them to refrain from campaign speech and much speech to influence legislation. These speech restrictions have seemed merely technical adjustments,...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2018
Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia provides an authoritative account of the contract law regimes of selected Asian jurisdictions, including the major centres of commerce where limited critical commentaries have been published in the English language. Each volume in the series aims to offer an insider's...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2013
This volume analyses the social and political forces that influence constitutions and the process of constitution making. It combines theoretical perspectives on the social and political foundations of constitutions with a range of detailed case studies from nineteen countries. In the first part leading...