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  • Constitutional Failure

    by Sotirios Barber ...
    Series series Constitutional Thinking
    Americans err in thinking that while their politics may be ailing, their Constitution is fine. Sick politics is a sure sign of constitutional failure. This is Sotirios Barber’s message in Constitutional Failure. Public attitudes fostered by a consumer culture, constitution worship, the lack of a trusted leadership community, and academic historicism and value skepticism—these, this book tells us ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • The Fallacies of States' Rights

    by Sotirios A. Barber ...
    Barber shows how arguments for states’ rights from John C. Calhoun to the present offend common sense, logic, and bedrock constitutional principles. The Constitution is a charter of positive benefits, not a contract among separate sovereigns whose function is to protect people from the central government, when there are greater dangers to confront. ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Interpretation

    The Basic Questions

    by Sotirios A. Barber, James E. Fleming ...
    Ronald Dworkin famously argued that fidelity in interpreting the Constitution as written calls for a fusion of constitutional law and moral philosophy. Barber and Fleming take up that call, arguing for a philosophic approach to constitutional interpretation. In doing so, they systematically critique the competing approaches - textualism, consensualism, originalism, structuralism, doctrinalism, ... Read more

    $41.99 CAD

  • Welfare and the Constitution

    by Sotirios A. Barber ...
    Series series New Forum Books
    Welfare and the Constitution defends a largely forgotten understanding of the U.S. Constitution: the positive or "welfarist" view of Abraham Lincoln and the Federalist Papers. Sotirios Barber challenges conventional scholarship by arguing that the government has a constitutional duty to pursue the well-being of all the people. He shows that James Madison was right in saying that the "real welfare" ... Read more

    $49.99 CAD

  • Beyond Checks and Balances

    The Political Purpose of the Separation of Powers

    by Jeffrey Edward Green, David Siemers, George Thomas, Jeffrey K. Tulis, Brigid Flaherty-Staab, Keith Whittington, Sotirios Barber, Kathleen Tipler, Mariah Zeisberg, Thomas Bell ...
    Series series Democracy, Citizenship, and Constitutionalism
    An argument for understanding the separation of powers as a political arrangement designed to pursue the common democratic goodBeyond Checks and Balances seeks to rescue the democratic concept of the separation of powers from a popular caricature of it: that checks and balances exist between branches of government to frustrate, slow, and inhibit change. Long regarded as a legal doctrine that must ... Read more

    $79.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Politics

    Essays on Constitution Making, Maintenance, and Change

    Edited by Sotirios A. Barber, Robert P. George ...
    What does it mean to have a constitution? Scholars and students associated with Walter Murphy at Princeton University have long asked this question in their exploration of constitutional politics and judicial behavior. These scholars, concerned with the making, maintenance, and deliberate change of the Constitution, have made unique and significant contributions to our understanding of American ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

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    by Robert H. Bork ...
    Judge Bork shares a personal account of the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing on his nomination as well as his view on politics versus the law.In The Tempting of America, one of our most distinguished legal minds offers a brilliant argument for the wisdom and necessity of interpreting the Constitution according to the “original understanding” of the Framers and the people for whom it was ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law

    Constitutional Law

    by Michael C. Dorf, Trevor W. Morrison ...
    Series series Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law
    The Oxford Introductions to U.S. Law: Constitutional Law presents an accessible introduction to the enduring topics of American constitutional law, including judicial review, methods of interpretation, federalism, separation of powers, equal protection, and individual liberties. One of the most important functions performed by the American Constitution and the more than two centuries' worth of ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Conservatism

    Liberty, Self-Government, and Political Moderation

    by Peter Berkowitz ...
    Peter Berkowitz identifies the political principles social conservatives and libertarians share, or should share, and sketches the common ground on which they can and should join forces. Drawing on the writings of Edmund Burke,The Federalist, and the high points of post-World War II American conservatism, he argues that the top political priority for social conservatives and libertarians should be ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Advanced Introduction to Comparative Constitutional Law

    Second Edition

    by Mark Tushnet ...
    Series series Elgar Advanced Introductions series
    Elgar Advanced Introductions are stimulating and thoughtful introductions to major fields in the social sciences and law, expertly written by the world’s leading scholars. Designed to be accessible yet rigorous, they offer concise and lucid surveys of the substantive and policy issues associated with discrete subject areas.Mark Tushnet, a world-renowned scholar of constitutional law, has excelled ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

  • Constitutional Morality and the Rise of Quasi-Law

    by Bruce P. Frohnen, George W. Carey ...
    Americans are increasingly ruled by an unwritten constitution consisting of executive orders, signing statements, and other forms of quasi-law that lack the predictability and consistency essential for the legal system to function properly. As a result, the U.S. Constitution no longer means what it says to the people it is supposed to govern, and the government no longer acts according to the rule ... Read more

    $56.99 CAD

  • A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism

    by Mark A. Graber ...
    A New Introduction to American Constitutionalism is the first text to study the entirety of American constitutionalism, not just the traces that appear in Supreme Court decisions. Mark A. Graber both explores and offers original answers to such central questions as: What is a Constitution,? What are fundamental constitutional purposes? How are constitutions interpreted? How is constitutional ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD