Author: Keith E. Whittington
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Keywords: constitutional, meaning, powers, divided, construction
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1999-07-15
List price: $55.00
ISBN-10: 0674165411
ISBN-13: 9780674165410

This book argues that the Constitution has a dual nature. The first aspect, on which legal scholars have focused, is the degree to which the Constitution acts as a binding set of rules that can be neutrally interpreted and externally enforced by the courts against government actors. This is the process of constitutional interpretation. But according to Keith Whittington, the Constitution also permeates politics itself, to guide and constrain political actors in the very process of making public policy. In so doing, it is also dependent on political actors, both to formulate authoritative const

Author: Michael J. Gerhardt
Publisher: Duke University Press Books
Keywords: constitutional, analysis, conflicts, historical, federal, process, appointments
Number of Pages: 496
Published: 2003-01-01
List price: $25.95
ISBN-10: 0822331993
ISBN-13: 9780822331995

The Federal Appointments Process provides a unique, comprehensive overview of the constitutional dynamics and significance of the federal appointments process throughout American history. Michael J. Gerhardt includes each American president’s performance record regarding judicial and nonjudicial appointments, accounts of virtually all the major confirmation contests and controversies, and discussion of relevant legal and constitutional questions. The Federal Appointments Process is an essential tool for understanding the selection and confirmation of presidential appointments.

Author: J. MitchellPickerill
Publisher: Duke University Press
Keywords: constitutional, separated, system, conflicts, review, judicial, deliberation, congress, impact
Number of Pages: 208
Published: 2004-06
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 0822332620
ISBN-13: 9780822332626

In Constitutional Deliberation in Congress J. Mitchell Pickerill analyzes the impact of the Supreme Court’s constitutional decisions on Congressional debates and statutory language. Based on a thorough examination of how Congress responds to key Court rulings and strategizes in anticipation of them, Pickerill argues that judicial review—or the possibility of it—encourages Congressional attention to constitutional issues. Revealing critical aspects of how laws are made, revised, and refined within the separated system of government of the United States, he makes an important contribution

Author: Beau Breslin
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: constitutional, hopkins, series, thought, johns, functionality, worlds, exploring, words
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2008-12-23
List price: $50.00
ISBN-10: 0801890519
ISBN-13: 9780801890512

In the 225 years since the United States Constitution was first drafted, no single book has addressed the key questions of what constitutions are designed to do, how they are structured, and why they matter. In From Words to Worlds, constitutional scholar Beau Breslin corrects this glaring oversight, singling out the essential functions that a modern, written constitution must incorporate in order to serve as a nation’s fundamental law.Breslin lays out and explains the basic functions of a modern constitution -- including creating a new citizenry, structuring the institutions of governm

Authors:Duncan Cameron, Smith Miriam,
Publisher: Lorimer
Keywords: constitutional, federal, proposals, book, forum, politics, canadian
Number of Pages: 242
Published: 1992-01-01
List price: $9.95
ISBN-10: 1550283731
ISBN-13: 9781550283730

Published in 1992 during a period of great political ferment in Canada, Constitutional Politics offers a variety of contexts in which to view contemporary constitutional proposals.This collection of essays provides a description and analysis of the major proposals for constitutional change in 1992, combining a description of the substance of these changes with an analysis of the politics of each proposal. In this way it helps readers understand that constitution making is not simply a technical modification of the structures of government, but rather a way of seeking to achieve political goals

Author: Chemerinsky
Publisher: Aspen Publishers
Keywords: law, constitutional
Number of Pages: 1574
Published: 2009-04-07
List price: $166.00
ISBN-10: 073557717X
ISBN-13: 9780735577176

Erwin Chemerinsky’s distinctive and brilliant approach has found a wide audience of admirers who enjoy teaching from a combination of carefully selected and edited case excerpts and stunningly lucid and elucidating exposition. Updated throughout, the revised Third Edition features comprehensive coverage in a manageably teachable length flexible organization that offers modular, free-standing chapters to adapt to a variety of teaching objectives highly effective pedagogical approach that combines case excerpts with clear

Author: Janos Kis
Publisher: Central European Univ Pr
Keywords: democracy, constitutional
Number of Pages: 280
Published: 2003-05
List price: $24.95
ISBN-10: 9639241326
ISBN-13: 9789639241329

This book addresses the widely held belief that liberal democracy embodies an uneasy compromise of incompatible values: those of liberal rights on the one hand, and democratic equality on the other. Liberalism is said to compromise democracy, while democracy is said to endanger the values of liberalism. It is these theses that Janos Kis examines and tries to refute. Making the assumption that the alleged conflict is to be resolved at the level of institutions, he outlines a new theory of constitutional democracy. A wide range of problems encountered in constitutional democracy are discussed, s