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A "living" constitution. Runaway courts. Legislating from the bench.
These phrases come up a lot in the national political debate. They raise the ire of many Americans.
But where did the ideas come from? Why do courts play a role so alien to the one the American Founders outlined? And how did unelected judges gain so much power in our democratic republic?
Political scientist and legal philosopher Bradley C. S....
These phrases come up a lot in the national political debate. They raise the ire of many Americans.
But where did the ideas come from? Why do courts play a role so alien to the one the American Founders outlined? And how did unelected judges gain so much power in our democratic republic?
Political scientist and legal philosopher Bradley C. S....
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"Based on prodigious research and told largely through the voices of the participants, Michael Klarman's The Framers' Coup narrates how the Framers' clashing interests shaped the Constitution--and American history itself. -- Not only does Klarman capture the knife's-edge atmosphere of the convention, he populates his narrative with riveting and colorful stories. -- The Framers' Coup is more than a compendium of great stories, however, and the powerful...
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"How do Americans state what they believe in, how their representative government works, and more? By writing it down! Investigate great documents that have shaped United States history, including the U.S. Constitution. Find out who wrote it, what it says, and why it remains important today. Read all about this remarkable document that helped form a nation. Includes a support page of teaching tips for caregivers and teachers. Downloadable Teacher's...
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Sotirios A. Barber is Professor of Political Science at the University of Notre Dame. He is the author of On What the Constitution Means and The Constitution of Judicial Power, and coeditor of Constitutional Politics (Princeton).
Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.S. Constitution: the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. Sotirios Barber challenges conventional scholarship...
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The America we love is under siege from the progressive movement. Progressives want to tear down traditional American values and banish our Constitution. Why would they want to do this when Americans have historically enjoyed the most personal opportunity, the most personal freedom, the best standard of living and the best personal safety in the entire world? Traditional American values and governance under the existing Constitution do not allow progressives...
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A thorough analysis of the early history and development of judicial review, this is one of the most cited and highly regarded texts on law and government. Author Charles A. Beard ranks among the twentieth century's preeminent judicial and constitutional scholars. His enlightening and accessible survey examines the U.S. high court's role in interpreting and enforcing the laws of the country's framing documents. It addresses the controversies surrounding...
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A partir de abril de 2021, una convención constituyente redactará una nueva Constitución para Chile, la que luego será presentada a la ciudadanía para que en un plebiscito se decida su aprobación. Serán muchos los temas a discutir, entre ellos, el régimen de gobierno, la organización política del Estado y, más en general, los contornos del tipo de país que se quiere construir.
Este libro, en un momento crucial de la historia de Chile,...
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How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution explores the fundamental shift in political and economic thought of the Progressive Era and how the Supreme Court was used to transform the Constitution into one that reflected the ideas of their own time, while undermining America's founding principles. Epstein examines key decisions to demonstrate how Progressives attacked much of the legal precedent and eventually weakened the Court's thinking concerning...
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"Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. ... If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union: but we shall have saved it, as to make, and keep it, forever worthy of the saving." – Abraham Lincoln
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After more than two centuries of mostly very successful services rendered, our constitutional system deserves honor and respect. But it was written by men who had no magic powers to foresee the problems of governing a 21st century superpower in a globalized economy in a country 10 times the size on the one they contemplated. Today, in a nation riven by the nasty 21st century brand of hyperpartisanship that exploits veto points embedded in the system,...
14) State Formation
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What is the 'state' and how can we best study it? This book investigates new ways of analysing the state.
The contributors argue that the state is not a fixed and definite object. Our perceptions of it are constantly changing, and differ from person to person. What is your idea of the state if you are a refugee? Or if you are living in post-aparteid South Africa? Our perceptions are formed and sustained by evolving discourses and techniques --...
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World War II was a disaster for Japan, and the country needed to do a complete turn-about before it could be accepted back into the international community. The Constitution, for example, needed to be completely rewritten to incorporate democratic principles and to reflect popular revulsion at military adventurism. Yet changing the laws was not enough. These new norms needed to be explained to and internalized by the general public. Education was...
16) The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States of America, and Other Importa
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This volume includes some of the most important historical documents in American history. In this edition are included the following: The Declaration of Independence of The United States of America (1776), The Constitution of the United States of America (1787), The Bill of Rights and Other Amendments to the Constitution (1791-1992), The Albany Plan (1754), The Declaration of Rights (1765 – In Response to the Stamp Act), Declaration of Rights and...
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¡Despertó, despertó, Chile despertó! Ha sido la consigna que miles de manifestantes corean por las calles y por "las grandes alamedas" luego del 18 de octubre de 2019. Este libro es un registro de los acontecimientos e intenta comprender el significado de tan importante proceso, que está cambiando el curso de la historia de Chile.
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The principles behind the "Bill of Rights" have helped elevate human civilization to a level of liberty never seen in history. The American experiment inspired the spread of written constitutions and declarations of rights throughout the world, which has raised billions out of poverty, chaos, and oppression. However, without understanding the principles behind the Bill of Rights, all nations, including our own, continue to struggle.
"Behind the Bill...
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En este libro, el autor analiza lo que considera el principal problema político de México: la contradicción irresoluble entre las reglas de gobierno impuestas después de la Revolución con las modificaciones constitucionales que habilitaron el autoritarismo y el sistema presidencialista, y la apertura obligada por la crisis económica y política de 1995, que llevó al partido hegemónico a pactar una transición democrática hacia un régimen...
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