Author: Wayne A. Logan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019005350X
Category : Ex post facto laws
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"This volume provides the first book-length, modern-era examination of the Ex Post Facto Clause, contained in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, and its role in tempering the penal populism of American legislatures. As one of the few rights specified in the body of the Constitution itself, the Clause was intended, as James Madison put it, to serve as a "bulwark" against the tendency of legislatures to enact retroactive laws increasing or imposing new burdens on disdained individuals. For the first several decades of the nation's history, the Supreme Court enforced the Clause with vigor, for instance invalidating retroactive laws enacted after the Civil War targeting supporters of the Confederacy. Today, however, the Clause is a hollowed out shell of its former self, reflecting and enabling the nation's shift toward politically popular tough-on-crime policies. The book chronicles this evolution and provides a blueprint for how the Ex Post Facto Clause can be restored to its rightful place as a bulwark against the punitive impulses of modern-day legislators, whether state or federal"--
The Ex Post Facto Clause
Author: Wayne A. Logan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019005350X
Category : Ex post facto laws
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"This volume provides the first book-length, modern-era examination of the Ex Post Facto Clause, contained in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, and its role in tempering the penal populism of American legislatures. As one of the few rights specified in the body of the Constitution itself, the Clause was intended, as James Madison put it, to serve as a "bulwark" against the tendency of legislatures to enact retroactive laws increasing or imposing new burdens on disdained individuals. For the first several decades of the nation's history, the Supreme Court enforced the Clause with vigor, for instance invalidating retroactive laws enacted after the Civil War targeting supporters of the Confederacy. Today, however, the Clause is a hollowed out shell of its former self, reflecting and enabling the nation's shift toward politically popular tough-on-crime policies. The book chronicles this evolution and provides a blueprint for how the Ex Post Facto Clause can be restored to its rightful place as a bulwark against the punitive impulses of modern-day legislators, whether state or federal"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 019005350X
Category : Ex post facto laws
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
"This volume provides the first book-length, modern-era examination of the Ex Post Facto Clause, contained in Article I of the U.S. Constitution, and its role in tempering the penal populism of American legislatures. As one of the few rights specified in the body of the Constitution itself, the Clause was intended, as James Madison put it, to serve as a "bulwark" against the tendency of legislatures to enact retroactive laws increasing or imposing new burdens on disdained individuals. For the first several decades of the nation's history, the Supreme Court enforced the Clause with vigor, for instance invalidating retroactive laws enacted after the Civil War targeting supporters of the Confederacy. Today, however, the Clause is a hollowed out shell of its former self, reflecting and enabling the nation's shift toward politically popular tough-on-crime policies. The book chronicles this evolution and provides a blueprint for how the Ex Post Facto Clause can be restored to its rightful place as a bulwark against the punitive impulses of modern-day legislators, whether state or federal"--
Guidelines Manual
Author: United States Sentencing Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 556
Book Description
No Ex Post Facto Laws Supreme Court Decisions
Author: Robert Dittmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
This is a sourcebook of Supreme Court decisions on the ex post facto clause and the contracts clause. Supreme court decisions are in the public domain and are freely available at such websites as supreme.justia.com and law.cornell.edu
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 830
Book Description
This is a sourcebook of Supreme Court decisions on the ex post facto clause and the contracts clause. Supreme court decisions are in the public domain and are freely available at such websites as supreme.justia.com and law.cornell.edu
A Systematical View of the Laws of England;
Author: Richard Wooddeson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 532
Book Description
The Heritage Guide to the Constitution
Author: David F. Forte
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621573524
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A landmark work of more than one hundred scholars, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is a unique line-by-line analysis explaining every clause of America's founding charter and its contemporary meaning. In this fully revised second edition, leading scholars in law, history, and public policy offer more than two hundred updated and incisive essays on every clause of the Constitution. From the stirring words of the Preamble to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, you will gain new insights into the ideas that made America, important debates that continue from our Founding, and the Constitution's true meaning for our nation
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621573524
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 644
Book Description
A landmark work of more than one hundred scholars, The Heritage Guide to the Constitution is a unique line-by-line analysis explaining every clause of America's founding charter and its contemporary meaning. In this fully revised second edition, leading scholars in law, history, and public policy offer more than two hundred updated and incisive essays on every clause of the Constitution. From the stirring words of the Preamble to the Twenty-seventh Amendment, you will gain new insights into the ideas that made America, important debates that continue from our Founding, and the Constitution's true meaning for our nation
Comparative Legal Linguistics
Author: Heikki E.S. Mattila
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317163028
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. This second edition has been fully revised, updated and enlarged. A new chapter on legal Spanish takes into account the increasing importance of the language, and a new section explores the use (in legal circles) of the two variants of the Norwegian language. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and include more detailed footnote referencing. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317163028
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 613
Book Description
This book examines legal language as a language for special purposes, evaluating the functions and characteristics of legal language and the terminology of law. Using examples drawn from major and lesser legal languages, it examines the major legal languages themselves, beginning with Latin through German, French, Spanish and English. This second edition has been fully revised, updated and enlarged. A new chapter on legal Spanish takes into account the increasing importance of the language, and a new section explores the use (in legal circles) of the two variants of the Norwegian language. All chapters have been thoroughly updated and include more detailed footnote referencing. The work will be a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the areas of legal history and theory, comparative law, semiotics, and linguistics. It will also be of interest to legal translators and terminologists.
The Administrative Process
Author: James McCauley Landis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Published on the fund established in memory of Ganson Goodyear Depew.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Administrative law
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Published on the fund established in memory of Ganson Goodyear Depew.
Retroactive Legislation
Author: Daniel E. Troy
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 9780844740232
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The principle in law that the rules are not changed in the middle of game, is embodied in the notion that legislation should apply prospectively. This study analyzes the legal constraints on retroactive legislation and the presumption of prospectivity and constitutional limits on such lawmaking.
Publisher: American Enterprise Institute
ISBN: 9780844740232
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The principle in law that the rules are not changed in the middle of game, is embodied in the notion that legislation should apply prospectively. This study analyzes the legal constraints on retroactive legislation and the presumption of prospectivity and constitutional limits on such lawmaking.
An Exposition of the Meaning of the Clause in the Constitution of the United States: that "no State Shall Pass Any Ex Post Facto Law, Or Law Impairing the Obligation of Contracts"
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
On the Commonwealth
Author: Marcus Tullius Cicero
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387338471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
On the Commonwealth represents Cicero's first serious attempt to bring Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. While some passages have been lost or reduced to fragments, it remains an important work of political philosophy and essential reading for political science students.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1387338471
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
On the Commonwealth represents Cicero's first serious attempt to bring Greek theories of political life to the circumstances of the Roman Republic. While some passages have been lost or reduced to fragments, it remains an important work of political philosophy and essential reading for political science students.