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  • Unschärferelationen: Konstruktionen der Differenz

    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Unschärferelationen: Konstruktionen der Differenz

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    Book SynopsisDas prekäre Verhältnis von Politik und Recht ist ein beständiges Thema der Politikwissenschaft und öffentlicher demokratischer Diskurse. Die in diesem Band versammelten Beiträge fokussieren das umstrittene Verhältnis von Politik und Recht in Auseinandersetzung mit konstruktivistischen Theorien der Politik. Sie weisen das Verhältnis zweier Semantiken und die ihm zugeschriebenen Kausalitätsbeziehungen in der Zusammenschau als Unschärferelationen aus. Der Band identifiziert die Unschärfen des Zusammenspiels von Politik und Recht in Fragen der Gründung von Demokratie und Verfassung, in den Diskursen um die Politisierung der Verfassungsgerichtsbarkeit wie umgekehrt der Verrechtlichung des Politischen und nicht zuletzt in Kontexten der Produktion internationaler Normen wie auch der Kollision internationaler Rechtsregime. Table of ContentsDie Differenz der Differenz von Politik und Recht • Die Politik der Differenz • Der gegenwärtige Wandel der Differenz von Politik und Recht.

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  • Die Bekämpfung von Rassismus und

    Springer Die Bekämpfung von Rassismus und

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    Book SynopsisChristoph Fröb untersucht die unbestimmten Rechtsbegriffe Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit im Betriebsverfassungsgesetz im Wege der Auslegung und hinterfragt deren Normierung in historischer, systematischer, teleologischer sowie legitimatorischer Hinsicht. An diese Begriffsverständnisse anknüpfend zeigt der Autor vielgestaltige repressive wie präventive Instrumente des Arbeitsrechts zur Bekämpfung von Rassismus und Fremdenfeindlichkeit auf. Besonders geraten dabei das arbeitsrechtliche Antidiskriminierungsrecht, aber auch das Kündigungs-, das Betriebsverfassungs- und das Tarifvertragsrecht sowie das Arbeitsrecht des öffentlichen Dienstes in den Blick. Trade Review“Das Buch … trifft thematisch einen Nerv - also den „Zeitgeist“, wenn man so will - und muss wohl, was Inhalt und Wirkung betrifft, auch genau an den Erfordernissen, um einem immer stärker um sich greifenden Zeit(un)geist" Herr zu werden, gemessen werden. ... Die vorliegende Studie hat Denkanstöße gegeben und ist geeignet, Diskussionen auf den Weg zu bringen und voranzutreiben ...” (Barbara Trost, in: DRdA Das Recht der Arbeit, Heft 3, Juni 2019)Table of Contents

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  • Verfassungspolitik in Bundesländern: Vielfalt in

    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Verfassungspolitik in Bundesländern: Vielfalt in

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    Book SynopsisEinheit und Vielfalt. Mit diesem Begriffspaar wird gemeinhin das Verhältnis zwischen Zentral- und Gliedstaaten in der Bundesrepublik beschrieben. Auch die vorliegende Studie, die Daten aus einem von der DFG finanzierten Forschungsprojekt aufnimmt, arbeitet auf Grundlage einer triangulären Herangehensweise heraus, ob und inwieweit die Verfassungspolitik in den Bundesländern Ausdruck gliedstaatlicher Autonomie ist oder im „Schatten des Grundgesetzes“ steht. Sie kommt insgesamt zu differenzierenden Befunden und zeigt, dass sich Politikergebnisse in den Feldern, in denen die Bundesländer über eigenständige Kompetenzen verfügen, nur erklären lassen, wenn landesspezifische Faktoren berücksichtigt werden.Table of ContentsWas – wie – warum: Forschungsdesigns zur Untersuchung von Verfassungsänderungen.- Entstehung und Änderungen von Landesverfassungen: ein Überblick.- Verfassungsänderungspolitik in Bundesländern: Analysen.- Verfassungspolitik in Bundesländern: Ergebnisse und Schlussfolgerungen.

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  • Die deutschen Länder: Eine Einführung

    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die deutschen Länder: Eine Einführung

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    Book SynopsisDas Lehrbuch betrachtet den deutschen Bundesstaat aus der Perspektive der Länder. Es informiert über die Entwicklung der deutschen Länder, analysiert deren Bedeutung für Demokratie, Bundes- und Rechtsstaat und führt in die zentralen Grundlagen von Politik in den Ländern ein. Er bietet politisch Interessierten, Lehrenden und Studierenden der Politik-, Sozial-, Rechts- und Geisteswissenschaften einen ebenso umfassenden wie komprimierten Überblick über die deutschen Länder. Table of ContentsEinleitung: die deutschen Länder zwischen Vielfalt und Einheit.- Die Länder: wie sie wurden, was sie sind.- Bund und Länder: verfassungsrechtliche Grundlagen und politikwissenschaftliche Erklärungsansätze.- Repräsentative und direkte Demokratie in den Ländern: Ergänzung oder Widerspruch?.- Parteien und Parteiensysteme in den Ländern.- Parlamente, Regierungen und Verfassungsgerichte: Gewaltengliederung in den Ländern.- Die Länder im Bund und in Europa.- Die Länder und Demokratie im deutschen Bundesstaat.

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  • Hammelsprung: Geschichte und Parlamentspraxis

    Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Hammelsprung: Geschichte und Parlamentspraxis

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    Book SynopsisIn diesem Buch wird die historische Entwicklung und Begriffsgeschichte des Hammelsprungs als eines der bemerkenswertesten sichtbaren Instrumente der Parlamentsarbeit seit dem 19. Jahrhundert dargestellt. Ferner wird gezeigt, dass die tatsächliche Handhabung des Hammelsprungs der ursprünglichen parlamentsrechtlichen Intention und modernen Funktionalität nicht mehr gerecht wird. Anträge in den Landesparlamenten von Bayern und Berlin schlagen eine Umkehr des bisherigen Auszählverfahrens vor. Danach soll die Zählung nicht erst bei Wiedereintritt in den Plenarsaal, sondern bereits beim Verlassen erfolgen.Table of ContentsEinleitung.- „Hammelsprung“ – Bedeutung und Herkunft.- Aus der Praxis des Hammelsprungs im Deutschen Bundestag.- Abstimmungsverfahren oder Auszählungsinstrument? – Vorschläge zur Reform des Hammelsprungs.- Literatur

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  • Deutsches Verfassungsrecht 1806 - 1918: Eine

    Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Deutsches Verfassungsrecht 1806 - 1918: Eine

    Book SynopsisIn dem vorliegenden 18. Band ist das aus insgesamt mehr als 500 Dokumenten bestehende Verfassungsrecht des lediglich in dem Zeitraum zwischen 1806 und 1866 bestehenden Herzogtums Nassau zusammengefasst. Die Komplementierung findet dieser stattliche Dokumentenfundus durch eine dessen historischen wie rechtlichen Kontext gleichermaßen beleuchtende ausführliche Einführung.Table of ContentsTeil 1: Historische Einführungen.- 2. Abschnitt: Verfassungsentwicklung in den deutschen Einzelstaaten (1806 – 1918).- § 30: Nassau.- Teil 2: Verfassungsdokumente.- 2. Abschnitt: Verfassungsdokumente der deutschen Einzelstaaten (1806 – 1918).- § 30: Nassau.

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  • Taylor & Francis Constitutional Theory Schmitt after Derrida Birkbeck Law Press

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Global Emergence of Constitutional

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    Book SynopsisOver the past 40 years, countries throughout the world have similarly adopted human rights related to environmental governance and protection in national constitutions. Interestingly, these countries vary widely in terms of geography, politics, history, resources, and wealth. This raises the question: why do some countries have constitutional environmental rights while others do not? Bringing together theory from law, political science, and sociology, a global statistical analysis, and a comparative study of constitutional design in South Asia, Gellers presents a comprehensive response to this important question. Moving beyond normative debates and anecdotal developments in case law, as well as efforts to describe and categorize such rights around the world, this book provides a systematic analysis of the expansion of environmental rights using social science methods and theory. The resulting theoretical framework and empirical evidence offer new insights into how domestic and interTrade ReviewIn his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.Professor Louis J. KotzéResearch Professor, North-West University, South AfricaIn this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould ‘state identities’ and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.Upendra BaxiEmeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and DelhiThe author’s novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.Sumudu AtapattuDirector of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law SchoolIn his superbly-written new book, Professor Josh Gellers offers us an exciting, radically different and ground-breaking transdisciplinary perspective on the emergence of constitutional environmental rights through an innovative application of social science methods and empirical inquiries. As a leading political scientist and legal scholar, Professor Gellers is perfectly placed to pry open restrictive methodological approaches, providing as he does, fresh insights for lawyers to appreciate why countries actually adopt constitutional environmental rights.Professor Louis J. KotzéResearch Professor, North-West University, South AfricaIn this exciting comparative environmental travelogue, Gellers maintains with wealth of impressive empirical evidence that international environmental norms make and mould ‘state identities’ and shape the design of national constitutions. All those especially interested in green governance and Anthropocene justice should find this rich work very rewarding.Upendra BaxiEmeritus Professor of Law, University of Warwick and DelhiThe author’s novel interdisciplinary analytical device called "a world cultural framework of constitutional environmental rights" incorporating theories from international relations, sociology and law, seeks to improve our understanding of the emergence of environmental rights. He does so by skillfully drawing upon quantitative and qualitative analyses involving Nepal and Sri Lanka.Sumudu AtapattuDirector of Research Centers at University of Wisconsin Law SchoolOverall, this book is a significant contribution to the growing literature on constitutional environmental rights. Gellers’ empirical, mixed-methods approach sets the bar high for other scholars seeking to tackle the many remaining questions in this field.David Boyd, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights and the EnvironmentTable of ContentsTable of ContentsList of figures and tables Acknowledgements List of abbreviations 1 Constitutions, human rights, and the environment 2 National constitutions in world society 3 The global expansion of environmental rights 4 The experiences of Nepal and Sri Lanka 5 Constitutions for a greener future? Appendix: Technical discussion of qualitative research methodology Index

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Religious Liberty and the Law Theistic and NonTheistic Perspectives

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  • Taylor & Francis Judicial Dissent in European Constitutional Courts

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd The Law and Politics of Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendments in Asia

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  • Taylor & Francis The Accountability Gap in EU law

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  • Taylor & Francis Constitutional Acceleration within the European Union and Beyond

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  • Taylor & Francis Human Rights Constitutional Law and Belonging

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  • Taylor & Francis Text Cases and Materials on Public Law and Human

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    Book SynopsisThis book interweaves an authoritative authorial commentary â significantly expanded from the last edition - with extracts from a diverse and contemporary collection of cases and materials from three leading academics in the field. It provides an all-encompassing student guide to constitutional, administrative and UK human rights law.This fourth edition provides comprehensive coverage of all recent developments, including the Fixed Term Parliaments Act 2011, restrictions on judicial review (Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015), changes to judicial appointments (Crime and Courts Act 2013), the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum, Scotland Act 2016 and draft Wales Bill 2016. Recent devolution cases in the Supreme Court, including Imperial Tobacco (2012) and Asbestos Diseases (2015) are fully analysed, as is the 2015 introduction of English Votes for English Laws. The remarkable Evans (2015) âBlack Spider memosâ case is considered in a number of chapters. The common law rightTable of Contents1. Constitutional Theory and the British Constitution after Devolution. 2. The Nature and Role of Constitutional Conventions. 3. The Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers. 4. Parliamentary Sovereignty. 5. The European Union and Parliamentary Sovereignty. 6. Devolution. 7. The European Convention on Human Rights. 8. The Commons: Elections, Parties, Legislation and Scrutiny. 9. The House of Lords and Reform. 10. Parliamentary Privilege. 11. Prerogative Powers. 12. The Central Executive: Structures and Accountability. 13. Official Secrecy and Access to Information. 14. Judicial Review: Availability, Applicability, Procedural Exclusivity. 15. Grounds of Judicial Review. 16. Ombudsmen. 17. The Traditional Protection of Civil Liberties in Britain and the Impact of the Human Rights Act 1998. 18. Freedom of Expression. 19. Freedom of Assembly, Public Protest and Public Order. 20. Police Powers.

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  • Taylor & Francis Ltd Global Pandemic Security and Human Rights

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    Book SynopsisThis book presents an international and comparative exploration of how the COVID-19 global pandemic has affected and impacted on issues of human rights, security, and law. Throughout the world, the COVID-19 global pandemic has fundamentally impacted and altered our way of life. As this book sets out, all states have had to contend with similar challenges as well as competing interests and obligations affecting human rights and security. These challenges present very few simple choices but nonetheless carry enormous consequences. Organised into two thematic and distinct yet interrelated parts, first on theoretical and practical challenges for human rights and second on threats to personal, collective, and global security, the book examines how the ability of states to safeguard our fundamental rights and security, broadly defined, has been challenged. Questions about the legality and legal impact of recent responses to COVID-19 will persist for some time. It is often saidTable of ContentsIntroduction1. Human rights and security in the COVID-19 eraPart 1 - Theoretical and Practical Challenges for Human Rights2. COVID-19 and constitutional tensions: Conflicts between the state and the governed3. Human rights in times of emergency: COVID-19 taking the United Kingdom into uncharted territory4. 2020: Human rights in Spain or the end of a legal guarantee? A constitutional crisis5. Managing a pandemic: The securitisation of health and the challenge for fundamental freedoms6. Guaranteeing migrants’ rights in a time of pandemics: The Portuguese exceptionPart 2 - Threats to Personal, Collective and Global Security7. Tax in reverse: Financial support and social security during COVID-198. Subjects of surveillance: Human security and law in the wake of COVID-199. The future of the European Strategy for Data: Impact analysis from the COVID-19 pandemic10. Analysing the use of technology in the fight against COVID-19: A look at China, Taiwan, South Korea, Iceland and Israel from the perspective of ‘Technologies for Freedom’ 11. Virus-laden ships: International rights and obligations of coastal states regarding foreign cruise ships feared to be carrying an infectious disease12. The New Cold War and the (uneven) implications of COVID-19 for international security: The cases of Italy and the UK

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  • The Case for Impeachment

    HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Case for Impeachment

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    Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER Lichtman has written what may be the most important book of the year.  The HillWhat are the ranges and limitations of presidential authority? What are the standards of truthfulness that a president must uphold? What will it take to impeach Donald J. Trump? Professor Allan J. Lichtman, who has correctly forecasted thirty years of presidential outcomes, answers these questions, and more, in The Case for Impeachmenta deeply convincing argument for impeaching the 45th president of the United States. In the fall of 2016, Allan J. Lichtman made headlines when he predicted that Donald J. Trump would defeat the heavily favored Democrat, Hillary Clinton, to win the presidential election. Now, in clear, nonpartisan terms, Lichtman lays out the reasons Congress could remove Trump from the Oval Office: his ties to Russia before and after the election,

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  • Supreme Court Decisions 06 Penguin Civic Classics

    Penguin Putnam Inc Supreme Court Decisions 06 Penguin Civic Classics

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    Book SynopsisA selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American societyPenguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life, including the founding documents, pivotal historical speeches, and important Supreme Court decisions, to create a timely and informative mini-library of perennially vital issues.The Supreme Court is one of America's leading expositors of and participants in debates about American values. Legal expert Jay M. Feinman introduces and selects some of the most important Supreme Court Decisions of all time, which touch on the very foundations of American society. These cases cover a vast array of issues, from the powers of government and freedom of speech to freedom of rel

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  • Beyond Belief Beyond Conscience The Radical

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  • Impeach The Case Against Donald Trump

    Mariner Books Impeach The Case Against Donald Trump

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  • Practical Equality

    WW Norton & Co Practical Equality

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    Book SynopsisA work of striking political and legal imagination. Aziz Rana, author of The Two Faces of American FreedomTrade Review"Provocative and sensible.… Robert L. Tsai shows us that in the never-ending struggle for equality, progress is sometimes more effectively achieved indirectly." -- David Cole, national legal director, ACLU"Robert L. Tsai brilliantly describes great court decisions of the past that engaged in such bridge-building exercises, setting precedents for future justices to follow if they hope to sustain broad public support." -- Bruce Ackerman, author of We the People"Appalled by inequality, our minds turn immediately to its opposite. Sidestepping that impulse, as Tsai advocates, requires giving up a satisfying rhetorical clarity, but it may bring us closer to our moral common sense." -- Joshua Rothman - New Yorker"Robert L. Tsai develops his argument via a great array of well-told historical and contemporary cases, and he is deeply alive to the perils as well as the promise of his proposal." -- William E. Forbath, coauthor of The Anti-Oligarchy Constitution

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of

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  • Wisconsin Historical Society Press The Documentary History of the Ratification of

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  • Constitutional Law for a Changing America

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  • Picador USA The Three Lives of James Madison

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    Book SynopsisA sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political livesas a revolutionary thinker, as a partisan political strategist, and as a presidentIn order to understand America and its Constitution, it is necessary to understand James Madison.Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da VinciOver the course of his life, James Madison changed the United States three times: First, he designed the Constitution, led the struggle for its adoption and ratification, then drafted the Bill of Rights. As an older, cannier politician he co-founded the original Republican party, setting the course of American political partisanship. Finally, having pioneered a foreign policy based on economic sanctions, he took the United States into a high-risk conflict, becoming the first wartime president and, despite the odds, winning.Now Noah Feldman offers an intriguing portrait of t

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  • The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

    Johns Hopkins University Press The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

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    Book SynopsisTouching on the major sedition trials while expanding the discussion beyond the usual focus on freedom of speech and the press to include the treatment of immigrants, Halperin's book provides a window through which readers can explore the meaning of freedom of speech, immigration, citizenship, the public sphere, the Constitution, and the Union.Trade ReviewThe book is well researched and extremely well written. And it is teachable-one of the best short texts this reviewer knows of for undergraduate courses in early US history. Highly recommended. Choice an important and intriguing book ForbesTable of ContentsPrologue1. Governing a Republic2. Extreme Revolution, Vexing Immigration3. Partisan Solutions4. Self-Inflicted Wounds5. Equal and Opposite ReactionEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesSuggested Further ReadingIndex

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  • The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme

    Random House USA Inc The Most Dangerous Branch: Inside the Supreme

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  • Basic Books To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment

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  • Aspen Publishing Casenote Legal Briefs for Constitutional Law

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  • Aspen Publishing First Amendment: [Connected Ebook]

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  • American Constitutional Law: Powers and

    Aspen Publishing American Constitutional Law: Powers and

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  • Gender Law and Policy

    Aspen Publishing Gender Law and Policy

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  • Privacy and the Media: [Connected Ebook]

    Aspen Publishing Privacy and the Media: [Connected Ebook]

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  • Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law:

    Aspen Publishing Examples & Explanations for Constitutional Law:

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  • Aspen Publishing Aspen Treatise for Constitutional Law: Principles

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  • Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases

    Aspen Publishing Processes of Constitutional Decisionmaking: Cases

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  • Irwin Law Inc Constitutional Law

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  • Paragon House Publishers Integral Society: Social Institutions and

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  • Como Consequir los Papeles

    Seven Stories Press,U.S. Como Consequir los Papeles

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    Book SynopsisLos problemas relativosa la inmigración son frecuentes y bien conocidos dentro de las comunidades latinas. Y la falta de información apropiada es enorme. ¿Cómo puede legalizar su estadía en los Estados Unidos? ¿Cómo puede evitar ser deportado? ¿Cómo evitar ser encarcelado? Este libro pequeño ofrece información, consejos, testimonios y recursos de donde conseguir representación legal. También informa sobre sus derechos y responsabilidades.

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  • The Essential Debate on the Constitution:

    The Library of America The Essential Debate on the Constitution:

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    Book SynopsisReturn to the nation''s founding to rediscover the dramatic original debates--on presidential power, religious liberty, foreign corruption, and more--that still shape our world todayWhen the Constitutional Convention adjourned on September 17, 1787, few Americans anticipated the document that emerged from its secret proceedings. James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and the other framers had fashioned something radically new, a strong national government with broad powers. A fierce storm of argument soon broke out in advance of the state ratifying conventions that would decide the new plan''s fate as Federalist supporters, Antifederalist opponents, and seekers of a middle ground praised, condemned, challenged, and analyzed the new Constitution. Here, in chronological order, are more than sixty newspaper articles, pamphlets, speeches, and private letters written or delivered during this ratification debate. Along with familiar figures such as Madison, Hamilton, and Patrick Henry, are dozens of lesser-known but equally engaged and passionate participants. The most famous writings of the period--especially the key Federalist essays--are placed in context alongside the arguments of insightful Antifederalists such as "Brutus" and the "Federal Farmer." Crucial issues quickly take center stage--the need for a Bill of Rights, the controversial compromises over slavery and the slave trade, whether religious tests should be imposed--and on questions that continue to engage and divide Americans: the relationship between the national government and the states, the dangers of unchecked presidential power and the remedy of impeachment, the proper role of the Supreme Court, fears of foreign and domestic corruption, and the persistent challenge of making representative government work in a large and diverse nation.

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  • University of Alaska Press The Alaska Constitution

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  • University of Utah Press,U.S. American Indian History on Trial: Historical

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    Book SynopsisDrawing from forty-five years of experience, E. Richard Hart elucidates the use of history as expert testimony in American Indian tribal litigation. Such lawsuits deal with aboriginal territory; hunting, fishing, and plant gathering rights; reservation boundaries; water rights; federal recognition; and other questions that have a historical basis. The methodology necessary to assemble successful expert testimony for tribes is complex and demanding and the legal cases have serious implications for many thousands of people, perhaps for generations.Hart, a historian who has testified in cases that have resulted in roughly a billion dollars in judgments, uses specific cases to explain at length what kind of historical research and documentation is necessary for tribes seeking to protect and claim their rights under United States law. He demonstrates the legal questions that Native Americans face by exploring the cultural history and legal struggles of six Indian nations. He recounts how these were addressed by expert testimony grounded in thorough historical understanding, research, and argumentation. The case studies focus on the Wenatchi, Coeur d’Alene, Hualapai, Amah Mutsun, Klamath, and Zuni peoples but address issues relevant to many American tribes.Trade Review“A truly remarkable addition to the field of literature regarding the first inhabitants. It could very well be a path-breaking book for the field of expert witness training.” —Sandra K. Mathews, author of American Indians of the Early West “A significant contribution. The author provides insights that are perceptive and thought provoking for both academics and legal personnel. This is the kind of valuable information that can only be gleaned from years of experience.” —R. David Edmunds, author of The Fox Wars: The Mesquakie Challenge to New France “A great read for lawyers and those interested in legal proceedings. Hart’s description of his adventures as an expert witness demonstrates a deep understanding of how experts assist courts and administrative agencies to understand and contextualize complicated historical facts and how to place them into an appropriate legal matrix. His account is very enlightening and useful.” —Michael Homer, managing partner at the law firm of Suitter Axland, and author of Joseph’s Temples “Hart, a public historian whose past writings focus on the Zunis, has written an excellent memoir of his involvement as an expert witness for American Indian nations in the West over the past four decades. His book also carefully explains the roles and the pitfalls of serving in this capacity…. Highly Recommended.” —CHOICE “Compelling and clearly presented…. Anyone considering work as an expert witness should read this book.” —Native and Indigenous Studies Association

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  • 12-Story Library 12 Questions about the US Constitution

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  • New Growth Press Legal Issues in Biblical Counseling: Direction

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