Unstable Constitutionalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Unstable Constitutionalism write by Mark Tushnet. This book was released on 2015-09-17. Unstable Constitutionalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book examines constitutional law and practice in five South Asian countries: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and Bangladesh.
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel
Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel write by Cynthia Levinson. This book was released on 2020-09-22. Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The latest volume in our World Citizen Comics graphic novel series, Fault Lines in the Constitution teaches readers how this founding document continues to shape modern American society. In 1787, after 116 days of heated debates and bitter arguments, the United States Constitution was created. This imperfect document set forth America’s guiding principles, but it would also introduce some of today's most contentious political issues—from gerrymandering, to the Electoral College, to presidential impeachment. With colorful art, compelling discourse, and true stories from America's past and present, Fault Lines in the Constitution: The Graphic Novel sheds light on how today's political struggles have their origins in the decisions of our Founding Fathers. Children’s book author Cynthia Levinson, constitutional law scholar Sanford Levinson, and artist Ally Shwed deftly illustrate how contemporary problems arose from this founding document—and then they offer possible solutions.
Lessons in Censorship
Lessons in Censorship - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lessons in Censorship write by Catherine J. Ross. This book was released on 2015-10-19. Lessons in Censorship available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. American public schools often censor controversial student speech that the Constitution protects. Lessons in Censorship brings clarity to a bewildering array of court rulings that define the speech rights of young citizens in the school setting. Catherine J. Ross examines disputes that have erupted in our schools and courts over the civil rights movement, war and peace, rights for LGBTs, abortion, immigration, evangelical proselytizing, and the Confederate flag. She argues that the failure of schools to respect civil liberties betrays their educational mission and threatens democracy. From the 1940s through the Warren years, the Supreme Court celebrated free expression and emphasized the role of schools in cultivating liberty. But the Burger, Rehnquist, and Roberts courts retreated from that vision, curtailing certain categories of student speech in the name of order and authority. Drawing on hundreds of lower court decisions, Ross shows how some judges either misunderstand the law or decline to rein in censorship that is clearly unconstitutional, and she powerfully demonstrates the continuing vitality of the Supreme Court’s initial affirmation of students’ expressive rights. Placing these battles in their social and historical context, Ross introduces us to the young protesters, journalists, and artists at the center of these stories. Lessons in Censorship highlights the troubling and growing tendency of schools to clamp down on off-campus speech such as texting and sexting and reveals how well-intentioned measures to counter verbal bullying and hate speech may impinge on free speech. Throughout, Ross proposes ways to protect free expression without disrupting education.
Constitutionalism
Constitutionalism - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constitutionalism write by Charles Howard McIlwain. This book was released on 2005. Constitutionalism available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Examines of the rise of constitutionalism from the "democratic strands" in the works of Aristotle and Cicero through the transitional moment between the medieval and the modern eras.
Constitutional Erosion in Brazil
Constitutional Erosion in Brazil - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Constitutional Erosion in Brazil write by Emilio Peluso Neder Meyer. This book was released on 2021-07-15. Constitutional Erosion in Brazil available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book provides a fascinating analysis of a single jurisdiction, Brazil, and accounts for both the successes and the failures of its most recent constitutional project, inaugurated by the Constitution of 1988. It sets out the following aspects of the constitutional development and erosion: - the different phases of the promised transition from military rule to a 'social-democratic constitutionalism'; - the obstacles to democratisation derived from the absence of true institutional reforms in the judicial branch and in the civil-military relationship; - the legal and social practices which maintained a structure that obstructed the emergence of an effective social-democracy, such as the neoliberal pattern, the acceptance in the political field of unlawful organisations, such as the milícias, and the way the digital revolution has been harming the formation of democratic sovereignty. Situating Brazil in the global context of the revival of authoritarianism, it details the factors which are common to the third wave of democratisation reflux. Accounting for those aspects, particular to the Brazilian jurisdiction, it shows that there is a tension in the Brazilian constitution. On the one hand, such constitutionalism was renewed by democratic pressure on governments to undertake social politics since 1988. On the other hand, it retained authoritarian practices through the hands of diverse institutions and political actors. By exploring the ideas of constitutional erosion and collapse, as well as democratic, social and digital constitutionalism, the book presents a comparative analysis of Brazil and other jurisdictions, including the United States, South Africa, and Peru.
