Constitutional & administrative law books

Hailed when it was first published in 1985 as the bible of U.S. collections management, A Legal Primer on Managing Museum Collections offers the only comprehensive discussion of the legal questions faced by museums regarding...

A journal that provides a forum for scholarship in law and economics, public choice, and constitutional political economy. It brings together the contributions that apply explicit or implicit economic reasoning to the analysis of...

The Origins of the Ownership Society provides accessible discussion of issues central to the future of the Baby Boom generation and the country: retirement, educational savings, and medical expenses.

Local government is the hidden leviathan of American politics: it accounts for nearly a quarter of gross domestic product, it collects nearly as much in taxes as the federal government, and its decisions have an enormous impact on...

Provides discussion of the Court's most significant decisions. This title considers such issues as post-9/11 security, the 2000 presidential election, cross burning, federalism and state sovereignty, failed Supreme Court...

Jeff King argues in favour of constitutionalising social rights, and presents an incrementalist approach to judicial enforcement.

Elvira Pulitano examines the relevance of international law in advancing indigenous peoples' struggles for self-determination and cultural flourishing.

For constitutionalists, regulation of hate speech violates the First Amendment and damages a free society. Waldron rejects this view, and makes the case that hate speech should be regulated as part of a commitment to human dignity...

This book explores the complex dynamics between law and politics in three post-independent states of sub-Saharan Africa. It examines the complex and sometimes intriguing relationship between the construction of judicial power on...

Focusing on the costs and benefits of two important instruments of economic policy, this title explores the trade-offs between litigation and regulation, the circumstances in which one approach may outperform the other, and the...

In analyzing the Supreme Court's powers in federal-state relations, the author demonstrates that the framers of the constitution clearly intended that the Court should be the federal umpire, thus disproving a charge by modern...

What is a constitutional right? If asked, most Americans would say that it is an entitlement to act as one pleases - i.e., that rights protect autonomy. That understanding, however, is wrong; it is, indeed, The Myth of Rights. The...

The passage of the Health Care Reform Act and the 2012 presidential election campaign converge to create a new context for this ever more timely book. Will Social Security as we know it disappear? Will doctors and hospitals stop...