In the definitive work on the subject, M. J. C. Vile traces the history of the doctrine from its rise during the English Civil War, through its development in the eighteenth century - when it was indispensable to the founders of the ...

This book is a study of the power of the American Supreme Court to interpret laws and overrule any found in conflict with the Constitution.

The collection's original title was The Federalist; the title The Federalist Papers did not emerge until the 20th century.

This is unlike the experience of Great Britain and Canada, which he relates in a series of incisive comparisons.

This volume proposes a new way of understanding the policymaking process in the United States by examining the complex interactions among the three branches of government, executive, legislative, and judicial.

In this important new book, Harold Hongju Koh presents the definitive historical and constitutional analysis of the Iran-contra affair, arguing that it was symptomatic of a chronic dysfunction in America's foreign policy process.

This book shows how a separated system of government works under the circumstances created by the Constitution and encouraged by a two-party system.

Based on seven years of archival research, the book describes previously unknown aspects of the electoral college crisis of 1800, presenting a revised understanding of the early days of two great institutions that continue to have a major ...

Robert Clinton contends that few decisions have been more misunderstood, or misused, in the debates over judicial review.

This book explains the different approaches legislators use when they write laws.