Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
A Constitution or Frame of Government ... Revised and Corrected
Author: A Constitution Or Frame of Government
Author: MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The Constitution Or Frame of Government, for the United States of America, As Reported by the Convention of Delegates, from the United States, Begun and Held at Philadelphia, on the First Monday of May 1787
Author: Multiple ContributorsPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
ISBN: 9781385847275
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library W030530 Two states noted. In the first, on p. 24, Gouverneur Wilson is incorrectly listed for Gouverneur Morris as a signer of the Constitution. In the second state, the error is corrected. [Boston]: Printed at Boston, Massachusetts by Adams and Nourse, printers to the Honourable the General Court, M, DCC, LXXXVII. [1787] 32p.; 16°
Thoughts on Government: Applicable to the Present State of the American Colonies
Author: John AdamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 46
Book Description
Constitution of the State of Vermont
Author: VermontPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutions
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
New York State Constitution
Author: State of New YorkPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
This work presents the Constitution of the State of New York, which establishes the structure of the government of the State of New York, and lists the fundamental rights of the citizens of New York.
The Living Constitution
Author: David A. StraussPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199703698
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that the theory of an evolving, "living" Constitution effectively "rendered the Constitution useless." He wanted a "dead Constitution," he joked, arguing it must be interpreted as the framers originally understood it. In The Living Constitution, leading constitutional scholar David Strauss forcefully argues against the claims of Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Robert Bork, and other "originalists," explaining in clear, jargon-free English how the Constitution can sensibly evolve, without falling into the anything-goes flexibility caricatured by opponents. The living Constitution is not an out-of-touch liberal theory, Strauss further shows, but a mainstream tradition of American jurisprudence--a common-law approach to the Constitution, rooted in the written document but also based on precedent. Each generation has contributed precedents that guide and confine judicial rulings, yet allow us to meet the demands of today, not force us to follow the commands of the long-dead Founders. Strauss explores how judicial decisions adapted the Constitution's text (and contradicted original intent) to produce some of our most profound accomplishments: the end of racial segregation, the expansion of women's rights, and the freedom of speech. By contrast, originalism suffers from fatal flaws: the impossibility of truly divining original intent, the difficulty of adapting eighteenth-century understandings to the modern world, and the pointlessness of chaining ourselves to decisions made centuries ago. David Strauss is one of our leading authorities on Constitutional law--one with practical knowledge as well, having served as Assistant Solicitor General of the United States and argued eighteen cases before the United States Supreme Court. Now he offers a profound new understanding of how the Constitution can remain vital to life in the twenty-first century.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of DelegatesPublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590318737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
America's Unwritten Constitution
Author: Akhil Reed AmarPublisher: Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN: 0465029574
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
Reading between the lines: America's implicit Constitution -- Heeding the deed: America's enacted Constitution -- Hearing the people: America's lived Constitution -- Confronting modern case law: America's "warrented" Constitution -- Putting precedent in its place: America's doctrinal Constitution -- Honoring the icons: America's symbolic Constitution -- "Remembering the ladies" : America's feminist Constitution -- Following Washington's lead: America's "Georgian" Constitution -- Interpreting government practices: America's institutional Constitution -- Joining the party: America's partisan Constitution -- Doing the right thing: America's conscientious Constitution -- Envisioning the future: America's unfinished Constitution -- Afterward -- Appendix: America's written Constitution.
Debates on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution
Author: Jonathan ElliotPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description