Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Human Rights

a critical introduction

Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, and Human Rights provides an introduction to public law which draws on developments in politics, the law and society to help the reader gain a fundamental appreciation of the law in its wider context. In addition, it explores the latest ongoing ...

Crisis and constitutionalism

roman political thought from the fall of the Republic to the Age of Revolution

Crisis and Constitutionalism argues that the late Roman Republic saw, for the first time in the history of political thought, the development of a normative concept of constitution-the concept of a set of constitutional norms designed to guarantee and achieve certain interests of the individual ...

Being watched

legal challenges to government surveillance

The tension between national security and civil rights is nowhere more evident than in the fight over government domestic surveillance. Governments must be able to collect information at some level, but surveillance has become increasingly controversial due to its more egregious uses and abuses, which ...

The DNA of constitutional justice in Latin America

politics, governance, and judicial design

In recent times there has been a dramatic change in the nature and scope of constitutional justice systems in the global south. New or reformed constitutions have proliferated, protecting social, economic, and political rights. While constitutional courts in Latin America have traditionally been used as ...

Without precedent

chief justice John Marshall and his time

No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more to preserve the delicate unity of the fledgling United States. From the nation's founding in 1776 and for ...

Liberal suppression

Section 501(c)(3) and the taxation of speech

In the course of exempting religious, educational, and charitable organizations from federal income tax, section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code requires them to refrain from campaign speech and much speech to influence legislation. These speech restrictions have seemed merely technical adjustments, which ...

Independencia, Estado y Constitución

La presente selección de textos pretende exponer la evolución del pensamiento de Jay entre 1774 y 1788, centrándose sobre todo en su crítica al sistema confederal, sus propuestas de reforma y la defensa de la Constitución de 1787, sobre todo en su Carta al pueblo ...

Teoría de la Constitución

Este título¸ publicado originalmente por Ariel en 1986, sigue siendo considerado la auténtica biblia dentro de la teoría constitucional del mundo occidental, y sigue siendo una referencia en las facultades de Ciencias Políticas y Derecho de nuestro país. Una recuperación de un título imprescindible para ...

Essential Supreme Court decisions

summaries of leading cases in U.S. Constitutional Law

The only reference guide to Supreme Court cases organized both topically and chronologically within chapters so that readers understand how cases fit into a historical context, the 17th edition has been updated with 20 new cases, including landmark decisions on such topics as campaign finance ...

Reforma y mutación de la Constitución

Esta obra, escrita en 1906, se ocupa de la relación del Derecho Constitucional con la realidad política. Observa, en particular, que en ocasiones esa realidad modifica la constitución sin seguir el procedimiento previsto para reformarla. En efecto, muestra cómo las leyes, la interpretación judicial o ...

Sources in American Constitution history

In the second revised and expanded edition of this invaluable reader, Michael Les Benedict draws together the important documents that have shaped and been shaped by the American Constitution from medieval times through the present day. It includes not only the most important Supreme Court ...

Constituciones aparentes

Los autores David S. Law y Mila Versteeg nos ofrecen dos escritos: "Constituciones aparentes" y "Variaciones constitucionales entre corrientes de autoritarismo\': El primero presenta las constituciones como "meras barreras de pergamino" incapaces de limitar el poder del Estado o garantizar el respeto de los derechos ...

100 años de la Constitución mexicana de Querétaro

balance y perspectivas

El pasado día 5 de febrero de 2017 la Nación mexicana ha celebrado el Centenario de su vigente Constitución. Pocas democracias pueden presumir de tener un texto constitucional tan longevo y que, a base de múltiples reformas, haya logrado sobrevivir una centuria; de este modo ...

Derecho a una alimentación adecuada y despilfarro alimentario

Según la FAO, hasta un tercio de todos los alimentos se estropea o desperdicia antes de ser consumido por las personas. Estas pérdidas tienen importantes consecuencias económicas y medio ambientales, e invitan también a la reflexión crítica desde la perspectiva ética, porque entrado el siglo ...

Beyond abortion

Roe v. Wade and the battle for privacy

For most Americans today, Roe v. Wade concerns just one thing: the right to choose abortion. But the Supreme Court’s decision once meant much more. The justices ruled that the right to privacy encompassed the abortion decision. Grassroots activists and politicians used Roe—and ...

The U.S. Constitution

a very short introduction

Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims about the constitutionality of governmental actions are a habit of American politics. This document, which its framers designed to limit power ...

The original compromise

what the Constitution's framers were really thinking

The eighty-five famous essays by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay-known collectively as the Federalist Papers-comprise the lens through which we typically view the ideas behind the U.S. Constitution. But we are wrong to do so, writes David Brian Robertson, if we really want to know ...

New developments in Constitutional Law

essays in honour of András Sajó

András Sajó is one of the most distinguished scholars in the field of comparative constitutional law. The present volume is a collection of studies written in his honour by distinguished scholars from many countries. Constitutional democracies evolve and this evolution is speeding up. As a ...

Legislative style

Once elected, members of Congress face difficult decisions about how to allocate their time and effort. On which issues should they focus? What is the right balance between working in one's district and on Capitol Hill? How much should they engage with the media ...

Constitutional argument and institutional structure in the United States

US constitutional jurisprudence often conflates two distinct enquiries: how to interpret the Constitution and how to allocate interpretive authority. This book explains the distinct role of judgements about interpretive authority in constitutional practice. It argues that these judgements do not determine what qualifies as good ...