The U.S. Constitution is a blueprint for a free society as well as a source of enduring conflict over how that society must be governed. This breezy, concise guide explains the central conflicts that frame our constitutional controversies, written in clear non-academic language to serve as a resourc..
The U.S. Constitution is a blueprint for a free society as well as a source of enduring conflict over how that society must be governed. This breezy, concise guide explains the central conflicts that frame our constitutional controversies, written in clear non-academic language to serve as a resourc..
This classic collection of carefully selected and edited Supreme Court case excerpts and comprehensive background essays explores constitutional law and the role of the Supreme Court in its development and interpretation. Well-grounded in both theory and politics, it endeavors to heighten students' ..
This collection examines how the constitutional politics of federalism affects governments and citizens from a public policy standpoint. It addresses the impact that Supreme Court federalism precedents have in setting the parameters of national law and policies that the states are often bound to res..
This collection examines how the constitutional politics of federalism affects governments and citizens from a public policy standpoint. It addresses the impact that Supreme Court federalism precedents have in setting the parameters of national law and policies that the states are often bound to res..
The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is arguably the most historically important clause of the most significant part of the US Constitution. This book investigates the Clause in a textualist-originalist manner, an approach increasingly popular among both academics and judg..
The Privileges or Immunities Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is arguably the most historically important clause of the most significant part of the US Constitution. This book investigates the Clause in a textualist-originalist manner, an approach increasingly popular among both academics and judg..
First published in 1989, Michael’s Foley’s book deals with the ‘abeyances’ present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually po..
First published in 1989, Michael’s Foley’s book deals with the ‘abeyances’ present in both written and unwritten constitutions, arguing that these gaps in the explicitness of a constitution, and the various ways they are preserved, provide the means by which constitutional conflict is continually po..