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This book is a grand review of the centurial development of rule of law in China. It covers the most important issues in this area and presents “political constitution,” a new interpretative framewo……続きを見る

Comparing and contrasting the World Wars. This will be a landmark in military history: a collaborative venture between historians from 20 different countries addressing every aspect of the two world……続きを見る

Published every September in celebration of Constitution Day, the Cato Supreme Court Review brings together leading legal scholars to analyze the most important cases of the Court's most recent term……続きを見る

This volume provides the first English translation of Hans Kelsen's and Carl Schmitt's influential Weimar-era debate on constitutional guardianship and the legitimacy of constitutional review. It in……続きを見る

Chief Justice John Roberts stunned the nation by upholding the Affordable Care Act--more commonly known as Obamacare. But legal experts observed that the decision might prove a strategic defeat for ……続きを見る

The debate over the framers’ concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissions, and partisan arguments, and inste……続きを見る

The debate over the framers’ concept of freedom of religion has become heated and divisive. This scrupulously researched book sets aside the half-truths, omissions, and partisan arguments, and inste……続きを見る

In the relation of states, treaties are a matter of great importance. The law of treaties and the study of treaty-making procedures in municipal law systems have become both from a theoretical and p……続きを見る

Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit ist weit mehr als die aktuellen Urteile des Bundesverfassungsgerichts zu verfolgen. Insbesondere im politikwissenschaftlichen Bereich ist die Kenntnis von Verfassung und V……続きを見る

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, a……続きを見る

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Law is traditionally conceived as consisting of norms of conduct and power-conferring norms. This conception, however, is unable to account for a variety of elements of modern legal systems that dif……続きを見る

David Beatty draws on more than twenty years' teaching experience to produce a comprehensive introduction to the basic rules in constitutional law, accessible to law and non-law students alike. He r……続きを見る

There is a unique constitutional relationship between Aboriginal people and the Canadian state – a relationship that does not exist between other Canadians and the state. It's from this central prem……続きを見る

From the ancient origins of Just War doctrine to utilitarian and retributive theories of punishment, concepts of proportionality have long been an instrumental part of the rule of law and an essenti……続きを見る

The term ‘militant democracy’ was coined by Karl Loewenstein in the 1930s. He argued that attempts to establish democracy in the Weimar Republic failed due to the lack of militancy against subversiv……続きを見る

Nesta obra, de intuito didático, são analisados os direitos humanos em perspectiva filosófica-jusnaturalista. Parte-se de uma evolução histórica até chegar à situação atual de proteção desta gama de……続きを見る

The legacy of Jean Chrétien, Canadian prime minister from 1993-2003, is difficult to assess in the context of the sponsorship scandal and the subsequent cloud of uncertainty surrounding the Liberal ……続きを見る

Today, a California resident can incorporate her shipping business in Delaware, register her ships in Panama, hire her employees from Hong Kong, place her earnings in an asset-protection trust forme……続きを見る

Ronald Dworkin famously argued that fidelity in interpreting the Constitution as written calls for a fusion of constitutional law and moral philosophy. Barber and Fleming take up that call, arguing ……続きを見る

Das Wohnungseigentum ist auch gut 60 Jahre nach seiner Schaffung durch den Gesetzgeber als Eigenheim wie auch als Kapitalanlage von herausragender Bedeutung. Vorliegendes Werk nimmt erstmals monogra……続きを見る

Among the most infamous U.S. Supreme Court decisions is Dred Scott v. Sandford . Despite the case's signal importance as a turning point in America's history, the lives of the slave litigants have r……続きを見る

Here, on a scale unmatched by any previous collection, is the extraordinary energy and eloquence of our first national political campaign: During the secret proceedings of the Constitutional Convent……続きを見る

Here, on a scale unmatched by any previous collection, is the extraordinary energy and eloquence of our first national political campaign: During the secret proceedings of the Constitutional Convent……続きを見る

American constitutional law has undergone a transformation. Issues once left to the people have increasingly become the province of the courts. Subjects as diverse as abortion rights and firearms re……続きを見る

Il y a deux constitutionnalismes. La constitution naturelle, historique, traditionnelle est éparse, non codifiée: elle résulte de l’écoulement du temps et de la sédimentation au fil du temps; tandis……続きを見る

'Peace' is often simplistically assumed to be war's opposite, and as such is not examined closely or critically idealized in the literature of peace studies, its crucial role in the justification of……続きを見る

El presente libro tiene por objeto el estudio de la conexión existente entre la Constitución y la Literatura. A partir de ello, tiene por objetivo rescatar, si es que aún existe……続きを見る

Addressing a host of hot-button issues, from the barring of Christian student groups and military recruiters from law schools and universities to churches’ immunity from civil rights legislation in ……続きを見る

Although it is often charged with hostility toward religion, First Amendment doctrine in fact treats religion as a distinctive human good. It insists, however, that this good be understood abstractl……続きを見る