Author : George Pratt
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 1874
Category : Connecticut
ISBN :
Methods of Constitutional Reform
George Pratt
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The English Constitution
Ian Ward
Author : Ian Ward
Publisher :
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 10,9 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Constitutional history
ISBN : 9781472559593
The English Constitution addresses two burning contemporary and complementary questions; one regarding the so-called English 'question', the changing identities of England and English-ness, and a second regarding the changing shape of the Anglo-British constitution. It is suggested that there are both internal and external pressures that are driving the reformation of our constitutional order. There are internal pressures of decay, even corruption, and popular apathy, and there are external pressures brought to bear by the geopolitical challenges of the new world order and the new Europe. The present 'project' of constitutional reform inaugurated by the present government is supposed to reflect these pressures. This book challenges this assumption, arguing that a far more radical re-constitution is required, involving: deeper institutional reforms (the most pressing being the abrogation of monarchy, and the established Church); geopolitical reforms to recast the devolutionary settlement and redefine English regionalism; and perhaps most importantly, conceptual reform, reform that will embrace the need to rebalance the constitution and to promote greater accountability and democracy. It is intended that the book will provide a stimulating text for both academics and students; advancing a series of original ideas on a subject of considerable contemporary interest. Along the way it discusses most of the major topics, institutions and debates which are ordinarily addressed in public law courses, and equivalents in non-law disciplines
God and Politics
Gary Scott Smith
Author : Gary Scott Smith
Publisher : Presbyterian & Reformed Publishing Company
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 28,37 MB
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780875524481
16 contributors represent four positions on the biblical role of civil government. Originally delivered at a consultation on that topic, each of the four major papers is presented by a leading representative of that view and is followed by responses from the three other perspectives. The result is a vigorous exchange of ideas aimed at pinpointing areas of agreement and disagreement and equipping God's people to serve him more effectively in the political arena.
Social Reform and the Constitution
Frank J. Goodnow
Author : Frank J. Goodnow
Publisher : New York : Macmillan
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 15,79 MB
Release : 1911
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
"The substance of the following pages, with the exception of chapter III ... was read before the New York School of Philanthropy, as the Kennedy lectures for 1911."--Pref.
Original Meanings
Jack N. Rakove
Author : Jack N. Rakove
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 26,9 MB
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0307434516
From abortion to same-sex marriage, today's most urgent political debates will hinge on this two-part question: What did the United States Constitution originally mean and who now understands its meaning best? Rakove chronicles the Constitution from inception to ratification and, in doing so, traces its complex weave of ideology and interest, showing how this document has meant different things at different times to different groups of Americans.
Methods of Constitutional Reform
George Pratt
Author : George Pratt
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,38 MB
Release : 2023-07-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781022738058
In this important treatise, George Pratt argues against the need for a constitutional convention in the face of calls for reform. Drawing on his experience as a lawyer and political commentator, Pratt presents a compelling case for why existing institutions are capable of handling any necessary changes to the constitution. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Constitutional Reform and Effective Government
James L. Sundquist
Author : James L. Sundquist
Publisher : Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 44,59 MB
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN :
Reviews the origins and rationale of the constitutional structure and the current debate about whether reform is needed. New in this edition of the 1986 work is discussion of Congressional term limits and of proposed changes to the electoral college. Paper edition (unseen), $15.95. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
The Reformation of the Constitution
Ian Ward
Author : Ian Ward
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 31,94 MB
Release : 2024-05-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 1509957774
This book revisits one of the defining judicial engagements in English legal history. It provides a fresh account of the years 1606 to 1616 which witnessed a series of increasingly volatile confrontations between, on the one side, King James I and his Attorney-General, Sir Francis Bacon, and on the other, Sir Edward Coke, successively Chief Justice of Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice. At the heart of the dispute were differing opinions regarding the nature of kingship and the reach of prerogative in reformation England. Appreciating the longer context, in the summer of 1616 King James appealed for a reformation of law and constitution to complement the reformation of his Church. Later historians would discern in these debates the seeding of a century of revolution, followed by another four centuries of reform. This book ventures the further thought that the arguments which echoed around Westminster Hall in the first years of the seventeenth century have lost little of their resonance half a millennium on. Breaks with Rome are little easier to 'get done', the margins of executive governance little easier to draw.
Methods of Constitutional Reform
Emeritus Professor of Music George Pratt
Author : Emeritus Professor of Music George Pratt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 46,86 MB
Release : 2016-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781333451288
Excerpt from Methods of Constitutional Reform: With Reasons Why No Constitutional Convention Should Be Called by the General Assembly The act of calling a constitutional convention would show that a majority of the House of Representatives deemed it necessary to alter or amend the constitution. For, if they did not deem it necessary, they would take no steps to call a convention. But the constitution says, that when they deem it necessary to alter or amend the constitution they shall act in the method pointed out in the instrument. Can they act in another manner and not violate the constitution? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution
Richard A. Epstein
Author : Richard A. Epstein
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 29,30 MB
Release : 2007-09-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1933995297
How Progressives Rewrote the Constitution explores the fundamental shift in political and economic thought of the Progressive Era and how the Supreme Court was used to transform the Constitution into one that reflected the ideas of their own time, while undermining America’s founding principles. Epstein examines key decisions to demonstrate how Progressives attacked much of the legal precedent and eventually weakened the Court’s thinking concerning limited federal powers and the protection of individual rights. Progressives on the Court undermined basic economic principles of freedom and competition, paving the way for the modern redistributive and regulatory state. This book shows that our modern “constitutional law,” fashioned largely by the New Deal Court in the late 1930s, has its roots in Progressivism, not in our country's founding principles, and how so many of those ideas, however discredited by more recent economic thought, still shape the Court's decisions.