Author: Congressional Information Service
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
CIS Index to Publications of the United States Congress
Author: Congressional Information Service
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1112
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Calendars of the United States House of Representatives and History of Legislation
Author: United States. Congress. House
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Category : Legislative calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Category : Legislative calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1146
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Report of the National Commission on Social Security Reform
Author: United States. National Commission on Social Security Reform
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Category : Disability insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Category : Disability insurance
Languages : en
Pages : 298
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United States Code Congressional and Administrative News
Author: United States
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1852
Book Description
Contains laws, legislative history, administrative regulations, lists of committees, proclamations, executive messages and orders.
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Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 1852
Book Description
Contains laws, legislative history, administrative regulations, lists of committees, proclamations, executive messages and orders.
United States Statutes at Large
Author: United States
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
Book Description
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 1230
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Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing Commission
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Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Category : Sentences (Criminal procedure)
Languages : en
Pages : 24
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Bankruptcy Laws of the United States
Author: United States
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Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 612
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Category : Bankruptcy
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
Keeping Faith with the Constitution
Author: Goodwin Liu
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199752834
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Chief Justice John Marshall argued that a constitution "requires that only its great outlines should be marked [and] its important objects designated." Ours is "intended to endure for ages to come, and consequently, to be adapted to the various crises of human affairs." In recent years, Marshall's great truths have been challenged by proponents of originalism and strict construction. Such legal thinkers as Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia argue that the Constitution must be construed and applied as it was when the Framers wrote it. In Keeping Faith with the Constitution, three legal authorities make the case for Marshall's vision. They describe their approach as "constitutional fidelity"--not to how the Framers would have applied the Constitution, but to the text and principles of the Constitution itself. The original understanding of the text is one source of interpretation, but not the only one; to preserve the meaning and authority of the document, to keep it vital, applications of the Constitution must be shaped by precedent, historical experience, practical consequence, and societal change. The authors range across the history of constitutional interpretation to show how this approach has been the source of our greatest advances, from Brown v. Board of Education to the New Deal, from the Miranda decision to the expansion of women's rights. They delve into the complexities of voting rights, the malapportionment of legislative districts, speech freedoms, civil liberties and the War on Terror, and the evolution of checks and balances. The Constitution's framers could never have imagined DNA, global warming, or even women's equality. Yet these and many more realities shape our lives and outlook. Our Constitution will remain vital into our changing future, the authors write, if judges remain true to this rich tradition of adaptation and fidelity.