Constitutional category: 1750 books
Who is to Judge?
The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
An elected judiciary is virtually unique to the American experience and creates a paradox in a representative democracy. Elected judges take an oath to uphold the law impartially, which calls upon them to swear off the influence of the very constituencies they must cultivate in order to attain and...
by Yale Law Journal
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013
One of the world's leading law journals is available as an ebook. This issue of The Yale Law Journal (the fourth of Volume 122, academic year 2012-2013, for Jan. 2013) features new articles and essays on law and legal theory by internationally recognized scholars. Contents include:
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Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2016
For more than fifty years, The Supreme Court Review has won acclaim for providing a sustained and authoritative survey of the implications of the Court's most significant decisions. The Supreme Court Review is an in-depth annual critique of the Supreme Court and its work, keeping up on the forefront...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
For fifty years, The Supreme Court Review has been lauded for providing authoritative discussion of the court's most significant decisions. The Review is an in-depth annual critique of the Supreme Court and its work, keeping up on the forefront of the origins, reforms, and interpretations of American...
Power Without Responsibility
How Congress Abuses the People through Delegation
Language: English
Release Date: August 30, 1995
A Conspiracy Against Obamacare
The Volokh Conspiracy and the Health Care Case
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
The Affordable Care Act debate was one of the most important and most public examinations of the Constitution in our history. At the forefront of that debate were the bloggers of the Volokh Conspiracy who, from before the law was even passed, engaged in a spirited, erudite, and accessible discussion of the legal issues involved in the case.
Commitment and Cooperation on High Courts
A Cross-Country Examination of Institutional Constraints on Judges
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2017
Judicial decision-making may ideally be impartial, but in reality it is influenced by many different factors, including institutional context, ideological commitment, fellow justices on a panel, and personal preference. Empirical literature in this area increasingly analyzes this complex collection...
The Constitution of Electoral Speech Law
The Supreme Court and Freedom of Expression in Campaigns and Elections
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2008
Bush v. Gore brought to the public's attention the significance of election law and the United States Supreme Court's role in structuring the rules that govern how campaigns and elections function in America. In this book, Brian K. Pinaire examines one expanding domain within this larger legal context:...
Eternally Vigilant
Free Speech in the Modern Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
While freedom of speech has been guaranteed us for centuries, the First Amendment as we know it today is largely a creation of the past eighty years. Eternally Vigilant brings together a group of distinguished legal scholars to reflect boldly on its past, its present shape, and what forms our understanding...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2018
Since it first appeared in 1960, The Supreme Court Review (SCR) has won acclaim for providing a sustained and authoritative survey of the implications of the Court's most significant decisions. SCR is an in-depth annual critique of the Supreme Court and its work, keeping up on the forefront of the...
Sending Law to the Countryside
Research on China's Basic-level Judicial System
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2016
Based on empirical investigation and an interdisciplinary approach, this book offers a crucial theoretical work on China’s basic-level judicial system and a masterpiece by Professor Suli Zhu, a prominent jurist on modern China. Its primary goal is to identify issues – ones that can only be effectively...
A Good Quarrel
America's Top Legal Reporters Share Stories from Inside the Supreme Court
Language: English
Release Date: April 22, 2009
While reading what top legal reporters say about some of the most important U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments in recent history, go to www.goodquarrel.com to listen to audio and hear for yourself the very style and delivery of the oral arguments that have shaped the history of our nation's highest...
The Constitution and Economic Regulation
Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
This study uses basic economic analysis as a technique to comment critically on the original meaning and the interpretation of those clauses of the Constitution that have particular bearing on the economy. Many new conclusions are markedly different from those of the Supreme Court and earlier commentators....
American Judicial Power
The State Court Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2015
American Judicial Power: The State Court Perspective is a welcome addition to the breadth of studies on the American legal system and provides an accessible and highly illuminating overview of the state courts and their functions.