Author: Leonard Williams LevyPublisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment.
Origins of the Fifth Amendment
Author: Leonard Williams LevyPublisher: Ivan R. Dee Publisher
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 588
Book Description
Origins probes the intentions of the framers of the Fifth Amendment.
Constitution
Author: United StatesThe Privilege Against Self-Incrimination
Author: R. H. HelmholzPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226326603
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Levy, this history of the privilege shows that it played a limited role in protecting criminal defendants before the nineteenth century.
Origins of the Bill of Rights
Author: Leonard Williams LevyPublisher: Yale Contemporary Law
ISBN: 9780300089011
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A history of the origins of the Bill of Rights. Leonard W. Levy offers a panoramic view of the liberties secured by the first ten amendments of the Constitution and illuminates the behind-the-scenes manoeuvrings, public rhetoric and political motivations of James Madison and others.
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment
Author: John D. FeerickPublisher: Fordham Univ Press
ISBN: 0823252000
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 449
Book Description
Undisputed as the most important synthetic work on the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, this revised edition provides the latest in legal thought regarding presidential succession. This new edition of The Twenty-Fifth Amendment: Its Complete History and Applications updates John Feerick's landmark study with the Amendment's uses in the past twenty years and how those uses (along with new legal scholarship) have changed the Amendment and perceptions of presidential disability in general. In its formulation, the Twenty-fifth Amendment was criticized as vague and undemocratic, but it has made possible swift and orderly successions to the highest offices in the U.S. government during some of the most extraordinary events in American history. The extent of its authority has been tested over the years: During the Watergate crisis, it was proposed that the Amendment might afford a means by which a president could transfer presidential power during an impeachment proceeding, and it was also suggested that the Amendment could authorize a vice president and cabinet to suspend a president during a Senate impeachment trial. Where once presidential disability was stigmatized, today a president under general anesthesia cedes presidential authority for the length of the procedure with little controversy. The Twenty-fifth Amendment is evolving rapidly, and this book is an invaluable guide for legal scholars, government decision makers, historians, political scientists, teachers, and students studying the nation's highest offices.
Our Constitution
Author: Donald A. RitchiePublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
WHY WAS THE CONSTITUTION NECESSARY?--WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT DID THE CONSTITUTION CREATE?--HOW IS THE CONSTITUTION INTERPRETED?
American Government 3e
Author: Glen KrutzPublisher:
ISBN: 9781738998470
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Black & white print. American Government 3e aligns with the topics and objectives of many government courses. Faculty involved in the project have endeavored to make government workings, issues, debates, and impacts meaningful and memorable to students while maintaining the conceptual coverage and rigor inherent in the subject. With this objective in mind, the content of this textbook has been developed and arranged to provide a logical progression from the fundamental principles of institutional design at the founding, to avenues of political participation, to thorough coverage of the political structures that constitute American government. The book builds upon what students have already learned and emphasizes connections between topics as well as between theory and applications. The goal of each section is to enable students not just to recognize concepts, but to work with them in ways that will be useful in later courses, future careers, and as engaged citizens. In order to help students understand the ways that government, society, and individuals interconnect, the revision includes more examples and details regarding the lived experiences of diverse groups and communities within the United States. The authors and reviewers sought to strike a balance between confronting the negative and harmful elements of American government, history, and current events, while demonstrating progress in overcoming them. In doing so, the approach seeks to provide instructors with ample opportunities to open discussions, extend and update concepts, and drive deeper engagement.
The Establishment Clause
Author: Leonard W. LevyPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 146962043X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
Leonard Levy's classic work examines the circumstances that led to the writing of the establishment clause of the First Amendment: 'Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion. . . .' He argues that, contrary to popular belief, the framers of the Constitution intended to prohibit government aid to religion even on an impartial basis. He thus refutes the view of 'nonpreferentialists,' who interpret the clause as allowing such aid provided that the assistance is not restricted to a preferred church. For this new edition, Levy has added to his original arguments and incorporated much new material, including an analysis of Jefferson's ideas on the relationship between church and state and a discussion of the establishment clause cases brought before the Supreme Court since the book was originally published in 1986.
Magna Carta
Author: Randy James HollandPublisher:
ISBN: 9780314676719
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
An authoritative two volume dictionary covering English law from earliest times up to the present day, giving a definition and an explanation of every legal term old and new. Provides detailed statements of legal terms as well as their historical context.
The Antislavery Origins of the Fourteenth Amendment
Author: Jacobus tenBroekPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520344847
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1951.