[PDF] The Constitution And The Common Defense eBook

Author : James E. Baker
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 50,10 MB
Release : 2007-05-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 113946518X

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The United States faces the realistic and indefinite threat of terrorist attack with nuclear weapons. Whether the United States is successful in preventing such an attack will depend on whether we effectively wield the instruments of security. It will also depend on whether we effectively manage national security processes and apply the law in a manner that both enhances security and upholds our core values. As a result, lawyers, not just presidents, generals, and spies, will decide the outcome of this conflict. This book, first published in 2007, is essential for anyone wanting an understanding of national security law and process. The book includes chapters on constitutional law, the use of force, and homeland security, presented in the context of today's threats and as applied to issues like rendition and electronic surveillance.

Author : Dave Richard Palmer
Publisher : Presidio Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,10 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Civil-military relations
ISBN : 9780891417590

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The military clauses were perhaps the most contentious in the drafting of the constitution. The old Continental Congress had had an abysmal record in taking care of the army. Promises made to soldiers during the war remained unfulfilled. At the same time, American distrust of European-style professional armies ran deep.This masterful account of the creation of the Constitution shows our founding fathers at work and brings them to life.

Author : Therese M. Shea
Publisher : Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 13,4 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433990121

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Though the shortest single-document constitution in the world, the US Constitution has bound our nation together since 1789. The Constitution and the term "constitutional" are bandied about in the media a lot, but many people don't even know what's in the document. Readers of this book will discover its content, article by article, as well as look at the Bills of Rights and other amendments. Fun facts enliven the text, and sidebars delve into lesser-known constitutional issues.

Author : Joseph Story
Publisher : The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
Page : 1528 pages
File Size : 35,51 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 1584778784

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Reprint of the important fourth edition edited by Thomas M. Cooley. This was the most extensive and widely discussed study of the Constitution written during the antebellum period. Divided into three books, it offers a strongly nationalist interpretation of the Federal constitution. Book I contains a history of the colonies and a discussion of their charters. Book II discusses the Continental Congress and analyzes the f laws that crippled the Articles of Confederation. Book III begins with a history of the Constitution and its ratification. This is followed by a brilliant line-by-line exposition of each of its articles and amendments. Published in 1873, Cooley's edition updated Story's text to include discussion of the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments, as well as other changes introduced during the Civil War and Reconstruction.