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  • Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Related entries about this Encyclopedia: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Bibliographic Details Title: Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Editors: Leonard W. Levy, Dennis J. Mahoney and Kenneth L. Karst Publisher: Cengage Gale, United States Publication Dates: 1986, 1992…

  • Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia

    Federalism in America: An Encyclopedia Book Details ISBN: 9780313329470 Editors/Authors: Marbach, Joseph R., Katz, Ellis and Smith, Troy E. Publisher: Greenwood Subject: United states, Federal government, Civics, Citizenship Publication Date: 2005-12-31 Language: English Pages: 808 Reviews Synopsis This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive reference explaining the major concepts, institutions, court cases, epochs, personalities, and policies that…

  • Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms

    Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced Constitutional Norms   Lawrence Gene Sager The federal judiciary sometimes declines to uphold constitutionally based claims, not because of any reading of the relevant constitutional clause itself, but rather because of “institutional”concerns such as federalism and judicial competence. Professor Sager argues in this Article that these constitutional norms…

  • State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights

    State Constitutions and the Protection of Individual Rights   William J. Brennan, Jr.   During the 1960’s, as the Supreme Court expanded the measure of federal protection for individual rights, there was little need for litigants to rest their claims, or judges their decisions, on state constitutional grounds. In this Article, Mr. Justice Brennan argues…

  • U.S. Constitution topics excluding cases

    List of United States Constitution topics excluding cases af?rmative action Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. See speci?c amendments American Indians and the U.S. Constitution Authorization for Use of Military Force (AUMF) Bickel, Alexander Brandeis brief capital punishment child labor confrontation clause Congress. See also U.S. House of Representatives; U.S. Senate counter majoritarianism diplomatic immunity eminent…

  • United States Constitution Bibliography

    United States Constitution Bibliography Selected Bibliography Adler, David Gray, and Robert George, eds. The Con- stitution and the Conduct of American Foreign Pol- icy. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1996.Alley, Robert S. Without a Prayer: Religious Expres- sion in Public Schools. Amherst, Mass.: Pro-metheus Books, 1996.Alonso, Karen. Korematsu v. United States: Japa- nese-American Internment Camps.…

  • United States Constitution topics

    Main index See: United States Constitution index United States Constitution Bibliography Abington Township v.Schempp abortion abstention doctrine accommodation Adams, John Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Peña Adderley et al. v.Florida Adkins v. Children’s Hospital af?rmative action age and the Constitution airline passenger searches Alabama v. Shelton Alden v. Maine Alito, Samuel Allen v. State Board of…

  • Judicial Review

    Introduction The U.S. case Marbury v. Madison (1803) held that the power of a court to decide what is the meaning of the American Constitution was implicit in an independent judiciary. This power of judicial review in the U.S. was a unique feature of the U.S. constitutionalism well into the […]

  • EAEC Directive

    Hierarchical Display of EAEC Directive European Union > European construction > European Communities > EAEC Concept of EAEC Directive See the dictionary definition of EAEC Directive. Characteristics of EAEC Directive [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of EAEC Directive Spanish: […]

  • EAEC Directive

    Hierarchical Display of EAEC Directive European Union > European construction > European Communities > EAEC Concept of EAEC Directive See the dictionary definition of EAEC Directive. Characteristics of EAEC Directive [rtbs name=”xxx-xxx”] Resources Translation of EAEC Directive Spanish: […]

  • Common Foreign and Security Policy

    Common Foreign And Security Policy Common Foreign and Security Policy of European Union at the United Nations Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Common Foreign and Security Policy , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG […]

  • Common Foreign and Security Policy

    Common Foreign And Security Policy Common Foreign and Security Policy of European Union at the United Nations Further Reading A concise encyclopedia of the United Nations (including Common Foreign and Security Policy , H Volger, KA Annan -2010) The Oxford Handbook on the United Nations (TG […]

  • Regionalism

    Embracing mainstream international law, this section on regionalism explores the context, history and effect of the area of the law covered here. Regionalism and Europe There is an entry on regionalism in the European legal encyclopedia. Resources See Also Further Reading Entry […]

  • Legitimacy

    A Question of Legitimacy: International Incident In the book "International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes", in relation to this subject, L. Oppenheim wrote in 1909: Edward Wolff, a German subject, domiciled in England since 1860, goes to Germany in 1870 for the […]

  • Legitimacy

    A Question of Legitimacy: International Incident In the book "International Incidents for Discussion in Conversation Classes", in relation to this subject, L. Oppenheim wrote in 1909: Edward Wolff, a German subject, domiciled in England since 1860, goes to Germany in 1870 for the […]