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“patrick john mcginley”

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  • Interpreting Florida's Constitution

    by Patrick John McGinley ...
    This law school casebook analyzes the Constitution of the State of Florida. It begins with the idea of a state being a "laboratory of democracy" where rights may be expanded or invented within the minimum requirements of the federal constitution. It explores the question of how a state constitution can produce its own jurisprudence in light of the supremacy of the United States Constitution. It ... Read more

    $74.99 USD

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  • Founding Faith

    Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America

    by Steven Waldman ...
    The culture wars have distorted the dramatic story of how Americans came to worship freely. Many activists on the right maintain that the United States was founded as a “Christian nation.” Many on the left contend that the Founders were secular or Deist and that the First Amendment was designed to boldly separate church and state throughout the land. None of these claims are true, argues Beliefnet ... Read more

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  • The Constitutional Structure of Proportionality

    by Matthias Klatt, Moritz Meister ...
    As constitutional law globalizes, the quest for a common grammar or 'generic constitutional law' becomes more pressing. Proportionality is one of the most prominent and controversial components of the modern, global constitutional discourse. In view of the alarming tension between the triumphant success of proportionality and the severity of the criticism directed towards it, this book offers an ... Read more

    $112.49 USD

  • Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places

    Why State Constitutions Contain America's Positive Rights

    by Emily Zackin ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a long list of prohibitions on government. American constitutional rights, we are often told, protect people only from an overbearing government, but give no explicit guarantees of governmental help. ... Read more

    $28.09 USD

  • A Critique of Proportionality and Balancing

    by Francisco J. Urbina ...
    The principle of proportionality, which has become the standard test for adjudicating human and constitutional rights disputes in jurisdictions worldwide has had few critics. Proportionality is generally taken for granted or enthusiastically promoted or accepted with minor qualifications. A Critique of Proportionality and Balancing presents a frontal challenge to this orthodoxy. It provides a ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Controversies in American Federalism and Public Policy

    Edited by Christopher P. Banks ...
    Series series Controversies in American Constitutional Law
    This interdisciplinary collection presents a scholarly treatment of how the constitutional politics of federalism affect governments and citizens, offering an accessible yet comprehensive analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court’s federalism jurisprudence and its effect on the development of national and state policies in key areas of constitutional jurisprudence. The contributors address the impact ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • The Philosophical Origins of Modern Contract Doctrine

    by James Gordley ...
    Series series Clarendon Law Series
    This book traces the influence of philosophical ideas on the development of contract law from the post-Roman period through to the nineteenth century, focusing upon the synthesis of Roman law and the moral philosophy of Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas. Although primarily a study of the late scholastics this is a book about the history of ideas, and as such will be of great interest to legal ... Read more

    $70.19 USD

  • Law and Governance

    by N. Douglas Lewis ...
    This book describes the nature of these changes and identifies the accountability gaps which have inevitably opened up in the absence of a written constitution or a considered Administrative Procedure Act. ... Read more

    $104.99 USD

  • Democracy and Constitution Reform in Trinidad and Tobago

    by Kirk Meighoo, Peter Jamadar ...
    Using Trinidad and Tobago as the model, this book offers an overview of the constitutional reform process in the Commonwealth Caribbean. In these young, post-colonial democracies, where party politics and power politics have had a negative impact on the process of democratic reform, the authors review the historical, political and cultural motivations that have spawn the most recent debates on ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • Global Politics of Health Reform in Africa

    Performance, Participation, and Policy

    by Amy Barnes, G. Brown, S. Harman ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    Drawing on qualitative research with African actors and global health institutions, the authors explore the politics of how performance funding modalities and participation are used to shape health reform in African countries as well as the role of African actors, global policy elites and international donors within these processes. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Harvard Law Review: Volume 128, Number 1 - November 2014

    by Harvard Law Review ...
    The November issue is the special annual review of the U.S. Supreme Court's previous Term. Each year, the issue is introduced by noteworthy and extensive contributions from recognized scholars. In this issue, for the 2013 Term, articles include:Foreword: "The Means of Constitutional Power," by John F. ManningComment: "Slipping the Bonds of Federalism," by Heather K. GerkenComment: "The Supreme ... Read more

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  • Beyond Magna Carta

    A Constitution for the United Kingdom

    by Dr Andrew Blick ...
    The 800th anniversary of Magna Carta falls in June 2015. In this work Dr Blick argues that this event should be the occasion for a reassessment of the past, present and future of the UK constitution. He draws on his experience as research fellow to the first ever parliamentary inquiry into the possibility of a written constitution for the UK. Dr Blick considers a series of English and UK ... Read more

    $72.89 USD