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  • The Right to Privacy

    by Caroline Kennedy, Ellen Alderman ...
    Can the police strip-search a woman who has been arrested for a minor traffic violation? Can a magazine publish an embarrassing photo of you without your permission? Does your boss have the right to read your email? Can a company monitor its employees' off-the-job lifestyles--and fire those who drink, smoke, or live with a partner of the same sex? Although the word privacy does not appear in the ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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  • The Canadian Constitution

    by Adam Dodek ...
    The Hill Times: Best Books of 2016A new, expanded edition of the first-ever primer on Canada’s Constitution — for anyone who wants to understand the supreme law of the land.The Canadian Constitution makes Canada’s Constitution readily accessible to readers. It includes the complete text of the Constitution Acts of 1867 and 1982 accompanied by an explanation of what each section means, along with a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Foundations of Public Law

    by Martin Loughlin ...
    Foundations of Public Law offers an account of the formation of the discipline of public law with a view to identifying its essential character, explaining its particular modes of operation, and specifying its unique task. Building on the framework first outlined in The Idea of Public Law (OUP, 2003), the book conceives public law broadly as a type of law that comes into existence as a consequence ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Original Meanings

    Politics and Ideas in the Making of the Constitution (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Jack N. Rakove ...
    PULITZER PRIZE WINNER • From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Ethics and Integrity in British Politics

    How Citizens Judge their Politicians' Conduct and Why It Matters

    by Nicholas Allen, Sarah Birch ...
    Public perceptions of political ethics are at the heart of current political debate. Drawing on original data, this book is the first general account of popular understandings of political ethics in contemporary British politics. It offers new insights into how citizens understand political ethics and integrity and how they form judgments of their leaders. By locating these insights against the ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Canada's Constitutional Revolution

    by Barry L. Strayer ...
    The Honourable Barry L. Strayer’s political memoir on Canadian constitutional reform 1960-1982. ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • On Constitutional Disobedience

    by Louis Michael Seidman ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    What would the Framers of the Constitution make of multinational corporations? Nuclear weapons? Gay marriage? They led a preindustrial country, much of it dependent on slave labor, huddled on the Atlantic seaboard. The Founders saw society as essentially hierarchical, led naturally by landed gentry like themselves. Yet we still obey their commands, two centuries and one civil war later. According ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa

    by Kate Baldwin ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    The Paradox of Traditional Chiefs in Democratic Africa shows that unelected traditional leaders can facilitate democratic responsiveness. Ironically, chiefs' undemocratic character gives them a capacity to organize responses to rural problems that elected politicians and state institutions lack. Specifically, chiefs' longer time horizons encourage investment in local institutions that enable the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • From Empire to Union

    Conceptions of German Constitutional Law since 1871

    by Jo Eric Khushal Murkens ...
    Germany has long been at the centre of European debates surrounding the modern role of national constitutional law and its relationship with EU law. In 2009 the German constitutional court voted to uphold the constitutionality of the Lisbon Treaty, but its critical, restrictive decision sent shockwaves through the European legal community who saw potential threats to further European integration. ... Read more

    $125.99 USD

  • Forbearance as Redistribution

    The Politics of Informal Welfare in Latin America

    by Alisha C. Holland ...
    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    Why do governments tolerate the violation of their own laws and regulations? Conventional wisdom is that governments cannot enforce their laws. Forbearance as Redistribution challenges the standard interpretation by showing that politicians choose not to enforce laws to distribute resources and win elections. Alisha Holland demonstrates that this forbearance towards activities such as squatting ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • In the Path of the Masters

    Understanding the Spirituality of Buddha, Confucius, Jesus, and Muhammad

    by Denise Lardner Carmody, John Tully Carmody ...
    Reflecting on the legacy of four great religious figures, this book places each in their historical context, offers glimpses of what they were like personally, assesses how they saved their followers from confusion, and traces each religious tradition after its founder's death. ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion

    Causes and Consequences

    by Jeffrey E. Cohen ...
    Although presidents may have a difficult time actually leading the public and Congress, voters still desire strong leadership from their commander in chief. In Presidential Leadership in Public Opinion, Jeffrey E. Cohen argues that the perception of presidential leadership in American politics is affected not so much by what presidents accomplish but by whether voters think their president is a ... Read more

    $27.99 USD