Author: B. G. RamcharanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789024735167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Keeping Faith With the United Nations
Author: B. G. RamcharanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789024735167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Keeping Faith with the United Nations
Author: Bertie G RamcharanPublisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004641130
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 376
Book Description
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin LiuPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Keeping Faith
Author: Jimmy CarterPublisher: University of Arkansas Press
ISBN: 1610752236
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
In Keeping Faith, originally published in 1982, President Carter provides a candid account of his time in the Oval Office, detailing the hostage crisis in Iran, his triumph at the Camp David Middle East peace summit, his relationships with world leaders, and even glimpses into his private world. “Responsible, truthful, intelligent, earnest, rational, purposeful. Thus the man: thus the book” (The Washington Post).
Religious Soft Diplomacy and the United Nations
Author: Sherrie M. SteinerPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 149859736X
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 373
Book Description
The engagement of religious diplomacy within the United Nations systems has become increasingly important for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. The editors argue that effective religious diplomacy must reflect the great diversity of religious and spiritual expressions within human communities. The editors argue that this can best be achieved through a worldview shift within the United Nations systems. Religious engagement in the United Nations systems has been understandably constrained by limited and formal organizational structures and conventions. However, the existing patterns of engagement mitigate against the very goals they seek to achieve. The editors argue that expanded, yet measured, religious inclusion will strengthen social cohesion in the global community. Contributors demonstrate how communities become stronger when marginalized minority voices are included in public discourse. The editors further argue that governance has a responsibility to ensure a safe environment for this interaction. The editors propose that the United Nations adopt the posture of "loyal opposition", that is inherent in parliamentary democracies, to serve as a guideline for expanded religious engagement. The contributors advance this proposal with illustrations from multiple contexts that address a diverse array of social problems from perspectives rooted in theory and practice.
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Author: Keeping Faith
Author: Cornel WestPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000143295
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
In this powerful collection by one of today's leading African American intellectuals, Keeping Faith situates the current position of African Americans, tracing the geneology of the "Afro-American Rebellion" from Martin Luther King to the rise of black revolutionary leftists. In Cornel West's hands issues of race and freedom are inextricably tied to questions of philosophy and, above all, to a belief in the power of the human spirit.
Keeping the Faith
Author: Jonathan P. WaltonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781735833705
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Review of the United Nations Charter
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Foreign RelationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1098
Book Description
Report Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Antiquarian Society, October, 1821
Author: American Antiquarian SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 654
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