Author: Sanford Levinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: constitution, correct, people, wrong, undemocratic
Number of Pages: 248
Published: 2006-09-28
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 0195307518
ISBN-13: 9780195307511

The Constitution is one of the most revered documents in American politics. Yet this is a document that regularly places in the White House candidates who did not in fact get a majority of the popular vote. It gives Wyoming the same number of votes as California, which has seventy times the population of the Cowboy State. And it offers the President the power to overrule both houses of Congress on legislation he disagrees with on political grounds. Is this a recipe for a republic that reflects the needs and wants of today’s Americans? Taking a hard look at our much-venerated Constitutio

Author: Sanford Levinson
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: constitution, correct, people, wrong, undemocratic
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2008-03-07
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0195365577
ISBN-13: 9780195365573

Levinson argues that too many of our Constitution’s provisions promote either unjust or ineffective government. Under the existing blueprint, we can neither rid ourselves of incompetent presidents nor assure continuity of government following catastrophic attacks. Less important, perhaps, but certainly problematic, is the appointment of Supreme Court judges for life. Adding insult to injury, the United States Constitution is the most difficult to amend or update of any constitution currently existing in the world today. Democratic debate leaves few stones unturned, but we tend to take ou

Author: Larry J. Sabato
Publisher: Walker & Company
Keywords: constitution, new, generation, inspire, ideas, revised, perfect
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2008-07-22
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0802716830
ISBN-13: 9780802716835

The political book of the year, from the acclaimed founder and director of the Center for politics at the University of Virginia.A More Perfect Constitution presents creative and dynamic proposals from one of the most visionary and fertile political minds of our time to reinvigorate our Constitution and American governance at a time when such change is urgently needed, given the growing dysfunction and unfairness of our political system .  Combining idealism and pragmatism, and with full respect for the original document, Larry Sabato’s thought-provoking ideas range from the length of the p

Author: Francisco Forrest Martin
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: constitution, approach, constructionalist, international, treaty, legal
Number of Pages: 228
Published: 2007-09-24
List price: $88.99
ISBN-10: 0521881935
ISBN-13: 9780521881937

The Constitution as Treaty addresses U.S. constitutional interpretation from a novel, yet originalist perspective: the U.S. Constitution is a treaty. As a treaty, the Constitution must be construed in conformity with the United States’ international legal obligations. This book specifically examines how federal courts are international courts and as international courts, how they can directly apply international law and construe federal law in conformity with international law. Most importantly, The Constitution as Treaty demonstrates that the federal courts’ authority to review

Author: Steven Bachmann
Publisher: Writers & Readers Publishing
Keywords: constitution, comic, book, documentary, writers, beginners, union, readers
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 1987-07
List price: $11.00
ISBN-10: 086316126X
ISBN-13: 9780863161261

The newest entry to the Writers and Readers Beginners series, taking a witty, humorous, but educated look at the Constitution.

Author: Christopher S. Kelley
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Keywords: constitution, american, constitutionalism, series, president, putting, executing, suny
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2006-07
List price: $75.00
ISBN-10: 0791467279
ISBN-13: 9780791467275

Draws attention to how American presidents have creatively interpreted the Constitution to expand the power of the executive branch.

Author: Jethro K. Lieberman
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: constitution, zoning, updated, expanded, abortion, evolving, ruled, companion, supreme, court, practical, issues
Number of Pages: 792
Published: 1999-03-10
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0520212800
ISBN-13: 9780520212800

This is the most comprehensive and readable one-volume reference book in print, accessible to lay readers and specialists alike, on the meaning of the American Constitution as the Supreme Court has interpreted it. It is an indispensable tool for students and lay persons who want to understand today’s constitutional controversies and their background in our history. It is equally useful to lawyers and other specialists who seek quick reviews of constitutional issues with immediate reference to cases for further research. Unlike conventional treatises that discuss the Constituti