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The reliance on state declarations of rights to expand rights protections during the last two decades has highlighted the political importance of state constitutions.

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Explores questions ranging from the nature of creating the US Constitution to the philosophy behind amending it. This collection brings together 14 essays that consider the meaning of having a constitution, the implications of choices in the design of constitutions, and the meaning of judicial supremacy in the interpretation of the Constitution.

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Labour's reforms of the UK's constitutional arrangements promise an overhaul of the constitution. A conference was held Cambridge University to discuss the legal and practical implications of the reforms. Papers given are reproduced in this volume.

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This volume has been written specifically for students of the U.S. system of government, and for students interested in federalism in practice.

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In one of the lengthiest, noisiest, and hottest legal debates in U.S. history, Cruel and Unusual Punishment stands out as a levelheaded, even-handed, and thorough analysis of the issue.

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In Russia, as in other new federations and those undergoing constitutional reform, wealthy and politically cohesive regions can substantially alter the rules of intergovernmental relations to their benefit within the context of bilateral bargaining.

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And all Latin Americanists will welcome the advent of scholarly writing informed by the consociational model that provides us an approach to contemporary Latin American politics that is at once enlightening and convincing. They combine the Liberal Democratic/Anglo-American model and the Latin American model.

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This volume is based on a study which brought together scholars from the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia, each potential members of the European Union, to develop a methodology for assessing the degree of democratization attained by them.

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A gripping, insider's view of the CIA by former spy, Melissa Boyle Mahle

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The most up to date account of the devolved government in Northern Ireland. -- .

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This is a book that provokes a debate about accountability in the House of Commons. Based on unprecedented access, it reveals different ways that MPs and officials interpret scrutiny. Some of their approaches are more conducive to effective scrutiny than others, which raises interesting questions about the effectiveness of Parliament. -- .

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This is a book that provokes a debate about accountability in the House of Commons. Based on unprecedented access, it reveals different ways that MPs and officials interpret scrutiny. Some of their approaches are more conducive to effective scrutiny than others, which raises interesting questions about the effectiveness of Parliament. -- .

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Provides a comprehensive history of how Speakers have been elected in the US House since 1789, arguing that the organizational politics of these elections were critical to the construction of mass political parties in America and laid the groundwork for the role they play in setting the agenda of Congress today.

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A Right to Bear Arms is the first book to document the deprivation of this right as a cause of the American Revolution and to trace the protection accorded to this right by the framers of the first state constitutions, which inspired the Second Amendment.

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The proceedings of the second Krefeld Historical Symposium of 1987, in which historians compare the constitutional history of Germany and the USA. Interdisciplinary in approach and emphasizing concrete historical realities this work features the symposium's 12 papers.

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Contents: PART I:1. The African Challenge to Democracy. PART II: 2. Historical Background. 3. The Physical and Economic Environment. PART III: 4. The Traditionally Oriented System. 5. Political Organization Among the Akan. 6. Patterns of Indirect Rule. 7. The Politics of Indirect Rule. 8. Towards Autonomy Within the Commonwealth. 9. The Structures

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