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  • American Politicians Confront the Court

    Opposition Politics and Changing Responses to Judicial Power

    de Stephen M. Engel ...
    Politicians have long questioned, or even been openly hostile to, the legitimacy of judicial authority, but that authority seems to have become more secure over time. What explains the recurrence of hostilities and yet the security of judicial power? Addressing this question anew, Stephen Engel points to the gradual acceptance of dissenting views of the Constitution, that is, the legitimacy and ... Leer más

    $35.99 USD

  • Fragmented Citizens

    The Changing Landscape of Gay and Lesbian Lives

    de Stephen M. Engel ...
    A sweeping historical and political account of how our present-day policy debates around citizenship and equality came to beThe landmark Supreme Court decision in June 2015 legalizing the right to same-sex marriage marked a major victory in gay and lesbian rights in the United States. Once subject to a patchwork of laws granting legal status to same-sex couples in some states and not others, gay ... Leer más

    $24.69 USD

  • The Progressives' Century

    Political Reform, Constitutional Government, and the Modern American State

    Edición de Stephen Skowronek, Stephen M. Engel, Bruce Ackerman ...
    Series series The Institution for Social and Policy Studies
    A landmark work on how the Progressive Era redefined the playing field for conservatives and liberals alike.During the 1912 presidential campaign, Progressivism emerged as an alternative to what was then considered an outmoded system of government. A century later, a new generation of conservatives criticizes Progressivism as having abandoned America’s founding values and miring the government in ... Leer más

    $89.99 USD

  • Disrupting Dignity

    Rethinking Power and Progress in LGBTQ Lives

    de Stephen M. Engel, Timothy S. Lyle ...
    Series series LGBTQ Politics
    Why LGBTQ+ people must resist the seduction of dignityIn 2015, when the Supreme Court declared that gay and lesbian couples were entitled to the “equal dignity” of marriage recognition, the concept of dignity became a cornerstone for gay rights victories. In Disrupting Dignity, Stephen M. Engel and Timothy S. Lyle explore the darker side of dignity, tracing its invocation across public health ... Leer más

    $26.59 USD

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  • America's Constitution

    A Biography

    de Akhil Reed Amar ...
    This “authoritative [and] important” (The New York Times Book Review) “biography” of America’s framing document explores topics ranging from presidential power and freedom of speech to birthright citizenship and beyond, explaining not only what the Constitution says but also why the Constitution says it.“Elegantly written, thorough but concise, and consistently enlightening . . . an indispensable ... Leer más

    $11.99 USD

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  • Losing the News

    The Future of the News that Feeds Democracy

    de Alex Jones ...
    Series series Institutions of American Democracy
    In Losing the News, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Alex S. Jones offers a probing look at the epochal changes sweeping the media, changes which are eroding the core news that has been the essential food supply of our democracy. At a time of dazzling technological innovation, Jones says that what stands to be lost is the fact-based reporting that serves as a watchdog over government, holds the ... Leer más

    $17.99 USD

  • Constitutional Personae

    Heroes, Soldiers, Minimalists, and Mutes

    de Cass R. Sunstein ...
    Series series Inalienable Rights
    Since America's founding, the U.S. Supreme Court had issued a vast number of decisions on a staggeringly wide variety of subjects. And hundreds of judges have occupied the bench. Yet as Cass R. Sunstein, the eminent legal scholar and bestselling co-author of Nudge, points out, almost every one of the Justices fits into a very small number of types regardless of ideology: the hero, the soldier, the ... Leer más

    $18.09 USD

  • Transparent Lives

    Surveillance in Canada

    Edición de Colin J. Bennett, Kevin D. Haggerty, David Lyon, Valerie Steeves ...
    Although most Canadians are familiar with surveillance cameras and airport security, relatively few are aware of the extent to which the potential for surveillance is now embedded in virtually every aspect of our lives. We cannot walk down a city street, register for a class, pay with a credit card, hop on an airplane, or make a telephone call without data being captured and processed. Where does ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Information

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Luciano Floridi ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    We live an information-soaked existence - information pours into our lives through television, radio, books, and of course, the Internet. Some say we suffer from 'infoglut'. But what is information? The concept of 'information' is a profound one, rooted in mathematics, central to whole branches of science, yet with implications on every aspect of our everyday lives: DNA provides the information to ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • Foundations of Public Law

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $58.99 USD

  • The Crown and Canadian Federalism

    de D. Michael Jackson ...
    Following Queen Elizabeth II's historic Diamond Jubilee in 2012, there is renewed interest in the institution of the Crown in Canada and the roles of the queen, governor general, and lieutenant governor. Author D. Michael Jackson traces the story of the monarchy and the Crown and shows how they are integral to Canada's parliamentary democracy. His book underscores the Crown's key contribution to ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • The Conscience of the Constitution

    The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty

    de Timothy Sandefur ...
    The Conscience of the Constitution: The Declaration of Independence and the Right to Liberty documents a forgotten truth: the word “democracy” is nowhere to be found in either the Constitution or the Declaration. But it is the overemphasis of democracy by the legal community–rather than the primacy of liberty, as expressed in the Declaration of Independence–that has led to the growth of government ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD