Rebuilding State Structures
Key Government Reports. Volume 21
This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of May, grouped according to topics. This book is focused on the following topics: Health Care Retirement Security Tax Policy and Administration
Constitucion de la Republica de Honduras
by Asamblea Nacional Constituyente
The Constitution of the Russian Federation (Constitutional Systems of the World)
by Jane Henderson
'[The] scholarship is consistently through and lucid, and absolutely reliable' European Public Law As reviews of the first edition attest, this book gives a unique critical and contextual insight into the Constitution of one the world’s most powerful countries. Its first edition was published in 2011, when Dmitrii Medvedev was Russia’s President. Since then there was a regime change in 2012 as Vladimir Putin returned to the presidency, and, significantly, dramatic shifts in constitutionality as...
The State of the Nations 2008: Into the third term of devolution in the United Kingdom is the sixth publication of a major research programme into devolution in the United Kingdom, published on behalf of the Constitution Unit at University College London. The focus of this volume is on the devolved elections of May 2007, analyzing the outcome in terms of both the immediate aftermath and longer-term implications. In particular, it will consider influences on policy-making, finance, the UK Parliam...
Key Government Reports -- Volume 7
This book is a comprehensive compilation of all reports, testimony, correspondence and other publications issued by the GAO (Government Accountability Office) during the month of February, grouped according to topics. This book is focused on the following topics: Energy; Government Operations; Health Care; Justice and Law Enforcement; Retirement System; Telecommunications.
In this short but authoritative book, the nature and purpose of the European Constitution are explained by someone involved in its preparation. The author discusses how it was drafted, and tackles some much debated questions: whether it promises any enhancement of democracy in the EU, whether it implies that the EU is becoming a superstate, and whether it will strengthen the principle of subsidiarity and the protection of human rights.
Constitutions of the German Empire and German States
by Edwin H. Zeydel
Fear of centralized authority is deeply rooted in American history. The struggle over the U.S. Constitution in 1788 pitted the Federalists, supporters of a stronger central government, against the Anti-Federalists, the champions of a more localist vision of politics. But, argues Saul Cornell, while the Federalists may have won the battle over ratification, it is the ideas of the Anti-Federalists that continue to define the soul of American politics.While no Anti-Federalist party emerged after ra...
Now in paperback, a primer of essential writings about one of the cornerstones of our democracy by the original authors of the Constitution, edited by preeminant liberal theologian Forrest Church. Americans will never stop debating the question of church-state separation, and such debates invariably lead back to the nation’s beginnings and the founders’ intent. The Separation of Church and State presents a basic collection of the founders’ teachings on this topic. This concise primer gets past...
American Constitutionalism
by Howard Gillman, Mark A. Graber, and Keith E. Whittington
The key points are the authors (editing and headnotes), broader readings (for political and historical context), historical sequence (with flexibility to suit both new and traditional courses), and pedagogy to encourage learning and critical thinking. Political science majors and future practicing lawyers alike will appreciate this "historical institutional " context, seeing the law as a vital part of the political process. They will see how the Constitution and the courts are influenced by p...
This book describes the origins of the current crisis faced by the countries of Central America. Starting with Nicaragua, the author looks at the situation in each country and relates the issues and events that have led to the present state of affairs in each. The nature of the relationship between Central America and the United States is examined in detail. World concern over Central America is highlighted, in particular the possibility of another "Vietnam", and the question of human rights. Th...
In the wake of the most unprecedented election result in recent memory, the question on everyone s lips (apart from: how did that happen?) is: so what s next? And who are all these new faces on the Commons benches? In The Politicos Guide to the New House of Commons 2015, public affairs consultant Tim Carr teams up with the editor of the bestselling Politicos Guide to the 2015 General Election, Iain Dale, to present an all-inclusive and essential post-election document for academics, journalists,...
Devolution (Command Paper, #4806)
Magna Carta: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Nicholas Vincent
The Magna Carta has long been considered the foundation stone of the British Constitution, yet few people today understand either its contents or its context. This Very Short Introduction introduces the document to a modern audience, explaining its origins in the troubled reign of King John, and tracing the significance of the role that it played thereafter as a totemic symbol of the subject's right to protection against the raw and absolute authority of the sovereign. Drawing upon the great...