Latin American Constitutions: The Constitution of Cádiz and Its Legacy in Spanish America
ISBN: 9781107025592 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the present, focusing on the Constitution of Cadiz, a foundational document in Latin American constitutionalism. Although drafted in Spain, it was applied in many regions of Latin America, and deputies from America formed a significant part of the drafting body. The politicization of constitutionalism reflected in Latin America's first moments proved to be a lasting legacy evident in the legal and constitutional world of the region today: many of Latin...
Latin American Constitutions provides a comprehensive historical study of constitutionalism in Latin America from the independence period to the prese...
|
|
cena:
418,10 zł |
Frontier Democracy: Constitutional Conventions in the Old Northwest
ISBN: 9781107090767 / Angielski / Twarda / 403 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin) from the 1820s-50s.
Frontier Democracy examines the debates over state constitutions in the antebellum Northwest (Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and ...
|
|
cena:
443,29 zł |
The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution
ISBN: 9780198704898 / Angielski / Twarda / 1120 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts. Its birth, over six decades ago, signalled the arrival of the first major post-colonial constitution and the world's largest and arguably most daring democratic experiment. Apart from greater domestic focus on the Constitution and the institutional role of the Supreme Court within India's democratic framework, recent years have also witnessed enormous comparative interest in India's constitutional experiment.
The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution is a wide-ranging, analytical reflection on... The Indian Constitution is one of the world's longest and most important political texts. Its birth, over six decades ago, signalled the arrival of th...
|
|
cena:
650,56 zł |
Popular Sovereignty in Early Modern Constitutional Thought
ISBN: 9780198745167 / Angielski / Twarda / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from 'the people' - is perhaps the cardinal doctrine of modern constitutional theory, placing full constitutional authority in the people at large, rather than in the hands of judges, kings, or a political elite. Although its classic formulation is to be found in the major theoretical treatments of the modern state, such as in the treatises of Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau, this book explores the intellectual origins of this doctrine and investigates its chief source in late medieval and...
Popular sovereignty - the doctrine that the public powers of state originate in a concessive grant of power from 'the people' - is perhaps the cardina...
|
|
cena:
478,76 zł |
Congress: Protecting Individual Rights
ISBN: 9780700622115 / Angielski / Twarda / 216 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When asked which branch of government protects citizens' rights, we tend to think of the Supreme Court--stepping in to defend gay rights, for example, in the recent same-sex marriage case. But as constitutional scholar Louis Fisher reveals in his new book, this would be a mistake--and not just because a decision like the gay marriage ruling can be decided by the opinion of a single justice. Rather, we tend to judge the executive and judicial branches idealistically, while taking a more realistic view of the legislative, with its necessarily messier and more transparent workings. In...
When asked which branch of government protects citizens' rights, we tend to think of the Supreme Court--stepping in to defend gay rights, for example,...
|
|
cena:
286,34 zł |
Many Heads and Many Hands: James Madison's Search for a More Perfect Union
ISBN: 9781937997656 / Angielski / Twarda / 360 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "This lively and entertaining book begins a much-needed conversation about the modern history that our Founders knew so well and which our generation has largely forgotten." -- Dr. Lynn Uzzell, Scholar in Residence at Montpelier "Using stories of pivotal individuals within this process, VanDuren reviews the creation of these layers of law that eventually inspired the framers of the U.S. Constitution. For instance, Frankish Queen Balthild's reforms to land ownership in the seventh century led to Philips van Leyden's 14th-century demand that rulers respect public interest . . . . . A... "This lively and entertaining book begins a much-needed conversation about the modern history that our Founders knew so well and which our generati... |
|
cena:
111,72 zł |
Constituting Scotland: The Scottish National Movement and the Westminster Model
ISBN: 9780748697595 / Angielski / Twarda / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Before the independence referendum in 2014, the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond promised a written constitution for Scotland in the event of a 'Yes' vote. The UK is almost unique in having never adopted a written constitution or other fundamental law. Why did this commitment arise in Scotland?
Before the independence referendum in 2014, the First Minister of Scotland Alex Salmond promised a written constitution for Scotland in the event of a...
|
|
cena:
362,69 zł |
The Bill of Rights: The Fight to Secure America's Liberties
ISBN: 9781476743806 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Narrative, celebratory history at its purest" (Publishers Weekly)--the real story of how the Bill of Rights came to be: a vivid account of political strategy, big egos, and the partisan interests that set the terms of the ongoing contest between the federal government and the states. Those who argue that the Bill of Rights reflects the founding fathers' "original intent" are wrong. The Bill of Rights was actually a brilliant political act executed by James Madison to preserve the Constitution, the federal government, and the latter's authority over the states. In the...
"Narrative, celebratory history at its purest" (Publishers Weekly)--the real story of how the Bill of Rights came to be: a vivid account...
|
|
cena:
77,45 zł |
Our Weakened Constitution: An Historical and Analytical Study of the Constitution of the United States
ISBN: 9781616195304 / Angielski / Twarda / 362 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A call for limits on Constitutional amendments. New introduction by John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University. Originally published: New York: Dauber & Pine Bookshops, 1932. XXVI (III-XXVI new Introduction), vii, 321 pp. Written in 1932, this book attempts to situate the U.S. Constitution within its historical context and argues for the types of limits on constitutional amendments that some scholars advocate to this day. Thomas: • interprets the 2nd amendment as a state rather than a federal issue, • examines the question of substantive limits on the content of constitutional...
A call for limits on Constitutional amendments. New introduction by John R. Vile, Middle Tennessee State University. Originally published: New York: D...
|
|
cena:
243,19 zł |
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America: Volume III
ISBN: 9780991117581 / Angielski / Miękka / 484 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this third and final volume of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, John Adams brings to a close his lengthy argument against "collecting all authority into one center." By first continuing his exposition of the Italian republics of the middle age, Adams acutely demonstrates the disharmony and upheaval that result from governments being improperly balanced. He then turns to theory, beginning with the letter of Padua and extending into a detailed refutation of the writings of Marchamont Nedham. Against this backdrop of... In this third and final volume of A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America, John Adams brings to a cl... |
|
cena:
102,77 zł |
From the Bottom Up: Selected Essays
ISBN: 9780199756162 / Angielski / Twarda / 538 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kent Greenawalt's From the Bottom Up constitutes a collection of articles and essays written over the last five decades of his career. They cover a wide range of topics, many of which address ties between political and moral philosophy and what the law does and should provide. A broad general theme is that in all these domains, what really is the wisest approach to difficult circumstances often depends on the particular issues involved and their context. Both judges and scholars too often rely on abstract general formulations to provide answers. A notable example in political...
Kent Greenawalt's From the Bottom Up constitutes a collection of articles and essays written over the last five decades of his career. They c...
|
|
cena:
445,35 zł |
Visions of Judicial Review: A Comparative Examination of Courts and Policy in Democracies
ISBN: 9781785521478 / Angielski / Miękka / 188 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Judicial review is increasingly prevalent in modern democratic government. Yet with unelected judges reviewing - and potentially overturning - the work of the people's representatives, it also has long been, in Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes' words, 'the gravest and most delicate' task that courts undertake. This book establishes a framework to consider the value of judicial review in modern democracy, grouping answers to this question into one of three main arguments, or 'visions' for judicial review: legalist; rights-protecting; and majoritarian. The strength of these visions is then tested...
Judicial review is increasingly prevalent in modern democratic government. Yet with unelected judges reviewing - and potentially overturning - the wor...
|
|
cena:
260,37 zł |
The Coming of the Nixon Court: The 1972 Term and the Transformation of Constitutional Law
ISBN: 9780700622788 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Beginning with Brown v. Board of Education and continuing with a series of decisions that, among other things, expanded the reach of the Bill of Rights, the Supreme Court that Richard Nixon inherited had presided over a progressive revolution in the law. But by 1972 Nixon had managed to replace four members of the so-called Warren Court with justices more aligned with his own law-and-order conservatism. Nixon's appointees--Warren Burger as Chief Justice and Harry Blackmun, Lewis Powell, and William Rehnquist as associate justices--created a politically diverse bench, one that included...
Beginning with Brown v. Board of Education and continuing with a series of decisions that, among other things, expanded the reach of the Bill o...
|
|
cena:
307,35 zł |
It's Our Country: Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform
ISBN: 9780522869934 / Angielski / Miękka / 236 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Why should Indigenous people have a direct say in the decisions that affect their lives? Australia is one of the only liberal democracies still grappling with such a fundamental question. The idea of constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians has become a highly political and contentious issue. It is entangled in institutional processes that rarely allow the diversity of Indigenous opinion to be expressed. With a referendum on the agenda, it is now urgent that Indigenous people have a direct say in the form of recognition that constitutional change might... Why should Indigenous people have a direct say in the decisions that affect their lives? Australia is one of the only liberal democracies still gra... |
|
cena:
98,97 zł |
The Principles of State and Government in Islam
ISBN: 9781614279440 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 2016 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Although the Muslims are for the most part imbued with enthusiasm for the idea of a truly Islamic state - that is, a state based not on the concepts of nationality and race but solely on the ideology of the Qur'an and Sunnah, they have as yet not realized a concrete vision of this form of government embodying a distinctly Islamic character. The very fact that none of the existing Muslim countries has so far achieved a form of government that could be termed genuinely...
2016 Reprint of 1961 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Although the Muslims are for t...
|
|
cena:
56,97 zł |
Central-Local Relations in Asian Constitutional Systems
ISBN: 9781509921072 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book examines territorial governance in Asia in the context of central-local relations. The book looks at the constitutional systems for organizing central-local relations and attempts to draw conclusions from contemporary experiences.
This book examines territorial governance in Asia in the context of central-local relations. The book looks at the constitutional systems for organizi...
|
|
cena:
196,40 zł |
Framing the Solid South: The State Constitutional Conventions of Secession, Reconstruction, and Redemption, 1860-1902
ISBN: 9780700624379 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The South was not always the South. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, those below the Potomac River, for all their cultural and economic similarities, did not hold a separate political identity. How this changed, and how the South came to be a political entity that coheres to this day, emerges clearly in this book--the first comprehensive account of the Civil War Era and late nineteenth century state constitutional conventions that forever transformed southern politics. From 1860 to the turn of the twentieth century, southerners in eleven states gathered forty-four times...
The South was not always the South. In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, those below the Potomac River, for all their cultural and econom...
|
|
cena:
186,81 zł |
Discourses of Freedom of Speech: From the Enactment of the Bill of Rights to the Sedition Act of 1918
ISBN: 9781349440511 / Angielski / Miękka / 201 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tradition. It sheds fresh light on key Congressional debates in the early American Republic, developing and applying an approach to fallacy theory suitable to the study of political discourse.
Freedom of speech is a tradition distinctive to American political culture, and this book focuses on major debates and discourses that shaped this tra...
|
|
cena:
194,52 zł |
Democratic Incongruities: Representative Democracy in Britain
ISBN: 9781349339693 / Angielski / Miękka / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have their own incongruities in trying to marry representation and democracy. This book analyses the mismatches in democratic theories and between theory and practice in British representative democracy.
Clear disparities exist between notions of representative democracy and political practice in Britain. Alternative models of democracy, however, have ...
|
|
cena:
194,52 zł |
Designing the European Union: From Paris to Lisbon
ISBN: 9781349349753 / Angielski / Miękka / 317 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over time. The EU has expanded its policy scope and taken in many more members transferring powers to common supranational institutions in a way seen nowhere else in the world.
This book outlines the content of the main treaties that form the 'constitutional' basis of the European Union and analyses changes in these over time...
|
|
cena:
194,52 zł |