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This book provides a theoretical framework which clarifies how different types of international norm conflicts can be so......more

Anthony Kennedy’s journey from an idyllic youth in 1940s Sacramento to service on the highest courts in America. Anthony......more

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The book presents an evolutionary view of Nepal’s constitutional system, grounded in the country’s historico-political c......more

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This new edition of the leading introduction to the subject presents the South African Constitution in its historical an......more

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A concise yet scholarly introduction to the principles of administrative law in Aotearoa New Zealand. It elucidates the ......more

In response to the rise of administrative rationality, this book draws on history, social anthropology and political the......more

As institutions of law, parliaments are usually understood with reference to constitutional texts, and analysed as sites......more

Water is essential to all life and yet never has anthropogenic activity posed a greater risk to our water resources. Thi......more

This book fills a gap in the existing literature by providing a thorough assessment of EU regulations as a source of sec......more

This book revisits one of the defining judicial engagements in English legal history. It provides a fresh account of the......more

In referendums on fundamental constitutional issues, do the people come together to make decisions instead of representa......more

This open access edited book connects two strands of federal studies, fiscal federalism, and diversity accommodation, to......more

This open access book explores law, politics, and inequality in fights against infectious diseases. Guided by a theoreti......more

This book presents cutting-edge analysis of one of the most significant constitutional crises in recent British history:......more

Rethinking the philosophical grounds of police power, Melayna Lamb argues that traditional ideas of sovereignty and the ......more

This book fills a gap in constitutional law by examining the global trend towards the substantive constitutional adjudic......more

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This volume addresses the important, but under-noticed, question of the impact of state size and scale for constitutiona......more

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This book considers decentralisation in Southeast Asia. Focusing on Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, i......more

This unique book, formed as a series of essays in honour of the memory of Paul Heim CMG, the founder of Lincoln’s Inn Eu......more

This book explores a specific aspect of modern parliamentarism: its ability to produce and organise political knowledge.......more

This book provides the most complete history of the Regency Acts and Counsellors of State ever undertaken. Using documen......more

This collection of essays presents a socio-legal history of epidemics from the medieval period to the present day. Build......more

This project gathers personal stories to examine abortion law reform in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. It......more

Imagine an American president who imprisoned critics, spread a culture of white supremacy, and tried to upend the law so......more

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A course on the Scottish legal system is a compulsory part of undergraduate degrees in Scots Law. The Scottish Legal Sys......more

This book offers the first ever in-depth analysis of the emerging constitutionalism in South Sudan and the challenges it......more

Tracing over 200 years of constitutional tradition in Florida As historical documents, constitutions represent a unique ......more

American politics grows embittered because it is increasingly torn between two rival constitutions, two opposed cultures......more

This book tackles the most pressing problems of contemporary free speech law by examining where the idea of free express......more

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How dignity transforms, and resolves, some of the country’s most pressing social problems. Dignity represents the inhere......more

How dignity transforms, and resolves, some of the country’s most pressing social problems. Dignity represents the inhere......more

In a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philos......more

A "timely and brilliant original" (Michael B. Mukasey, former US attorney general) look at freedom of speech--our most b......more

A groundbreaking challenge to a core principle of constitutional law, arguing that congressional action is not limited b......more

A magisterial new history of the role of the Supreme Court as an ally in implementing and preserving a racial caste syst......more

A landmark biography of Charles Sumner, the unsung hero of the American Civil War and Reconstruction Charles Sumner is m......more

This groundbreaking volume assembles an unparalleled roster of media experts and First Amendment luminaries to chart the......more

This groundbreaking volume assembles an unparalleled roster of media experts and First Amendment luminaries to chart the......more

This two-volume work on EU law discusses the most iconic judgments by the European Court of Justice. It shows how the Eu......more

What does free speech mean? In this book, Paul Wragg argues for a universal formulation of free speech drawn exclusively......more

Beyond Bilingualism In Living Language Rights: Constitutional Pathways to Indigenous Language Education, Lorena Fontaine......more

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Trusted by generations of students, and consistently reliable and up to date, Hilaire Barnett’s Constitutional and Admin......more

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This book argues that all non-statutory powers of the Crown are royal prerogative powers and asserts that the Crown does......more

A detailed and compelling examination of how the legal theory of originalism ignores and distorts the very constitutiona......more

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This book identifies 2 polarising concepts used by Brazilian mainstream sociology to explain the formation and identity ......more

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"Explores how courts engage with questions of fact in public law adjudication, the role of evidence, and the procedures ......more

This book examines the development of constitutional democracy in Commonwealth Sub-Saharan African countries. It focuses......more

This book explores accountability from a range of perspectives, crossing traditional disciplinary, thematic, and profess......more

Human dignity, equality, and freedom are central to the South African Constitution. This book examines these values thro......more

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This monograph presents an in-depth and nuanced interdisciplinary and comparative analysis of (post-)conflict constituti......more

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A study of the Constitution Act of 1982 and its many readings. Constitutions are meant to endure, providing both stabili......more