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“julian ku”

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  • Taming Globalization

    International Law, the U.S. Constitution, and the New World Order

    by Julian Ku, John Yoo ...
    In 1997, a Mexican national named Jose Ernesto Medellin was sentenced to death for raping and murdering two teenage girls in Texas. In 2004, the International Court of Justice ruled that he was entitled to appellate review of his sentence, since the arresting officers had not informed him of his right to seek assistance from the Mexican consulate prior to trial, as prescribed by a treaty ratified ... Read more

    $52.99 CAD

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  • The Case Against the Supreme Court

    by Erwin Chemerinsky ...
    A preeminent constitutional scholar offers a hard-hitting analysis of the Supreme Court over the last two hundred yearsMost Americans share the perception that the Supreme Court is objective, but Erwin Chemerinsky, one of the country’s leading constitutional lawyers, shows that this is nonsense and always has been. The Court is made up of fallible individuals who base decisions on their own biases ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • The People Themselves

    Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review

    by Larry D. Kramer ...
    The United States Constitution is the foundation of the longest and most successful democratic experiment in modern human history. It serves not only as legal bedrock for the world's most powerful nation-state, but also, more broadly, it reflects that nation's fundamental aspirations and commitments as a society. Who then has the authority to interpret a blueprint of such extraordinary influence? ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • The Power of Precedent

    by Michael J. Gerhardt ...
    The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics. The debate rages over both empirical and normative aspects of the issue: To what extent are the Supreme Court, Congress, and the executive branch constrained by precedent? To what extent should they be? Taking up a topic long overdue for comprehensive ... Read more

    $42.99 CAD

  • The New Constitutional Order

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    In his 1996 State of the Union Address, President Bill Clinton announced that the "age of big government is over." Some Republicans accused him of cynically appropriating their themes, while many Democrats thought he was betraying the principles of the New Deal and the Great Society. Mark Tushnet argues that Clinton was stating an observed fact: the emergence of a new constitutional order in which ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • Tried and Convicted

    How Police, Prosecutors, and Judges Destroy Our Constitutional Rights

    by Michael D. Cicchini ...
    When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process. These constitutional rights, however, are soft and flexible, and are subject to a tremendous amount of manipulation by police, prosecutors, and judges. The result is that these government agents are easily able to bypass, and in fact destroy, our ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

  • The Constitution law of People's Republic of China

    by People's Republic of China ...
    This Constitution affirms the achievements of the struggles of the Chinese people of all nationalities and defines the basic system and basic tasks of the state in legal form; it is the fundamental law of the state and has supreme legal authority. The people of all nationalities, all state organs, the armed forces, all political parties and public organizations and all enterprises and undertakings ... Read more

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  • Constitutionalism and Religion

    by Francois Venter ...
    Series series Elgar Monographs in Constitutional and Administrative Law
    This topical book examines how the goals of constitutionalism - good and fair government - are addressed at a time when the multi-religious composition of countries' populations has never before been so pronounced. How should governments, courts and officials deal with this diversity? The widely accepted principle of treating others as you wish them to treat you and the universal recognition of ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Law in Theory and Practice

    by David Beatty ...
    Series series Heritage
    David Beatty draws on more than twenty years' teaching experience to produce a comprehensive introduction to the basic rules in constitutional law, accessible to law and non-law students alike. He reviews the leading cases handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Privy Council concerning the original BNA Act of 1867 and the Canadian Charter of Rights enacted in 1982. As well, Beatty ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • Irreparable Harm

    A Firsthand Account of How One Agent Took on the CIA in an Epic Battle Over Free Speech

    by Frank Snepp ...
    Among the last CIA agents airlifted from Saigon in the waning moments of the Vietnam War, Frank Snepp returned to headquarters determined to secure help for the Vietnamese left behind by an Agency eager to cut its losses. What he received instead was a cold shoulder from a CIA that in 1975 was already in turmoil over congressional investigations of its operations throughout the world.In protest, ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Liberty's Refuge

    by John D. Inazu ...
    This original and provocative book looks at an important constitutional freedom that today is largely forgotten: the right of assembly. While this right lay at the heart of some of the most important social movements in American history—abolitionism, women's suffrage, the labor and civil rights movements—courts now prefer to speak about the freedoms of association and speech. But the right of ... Read more

    $62.99 CAD

  • The Missing American Jury

    Restoring the Fundamental Constitutional Role of the Criminal, Civil, and Grand Juries

    by Suja A. Thomas ...
    Criminal, civil, and grand juries have disappeared from the American legal system. Over time, despite their significant presence in the Constitution, juries have been robbed of their power by the federal government and the states. For example, leveraging harsher criminal penalties, executive officials have forced criminal defendants into plea bargains, eliminating juries. Capping money awards, ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD