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The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

Two Centuries of Judicial Review on Trial

By: Leslie F. Goldstein

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The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

Two Centuries of Judicial Review on Trial

By: Leslie F. Goldstein

The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities offers an in-depth, chronologically arranged look at the record of the U.S. Supreme Court on racial minorities over the course of its first two centuries. It does not pose the anachronistic standard, “Did the Supreme Court get it right?” but rather, “How did the Supreme Court compare to other branches of the federal government at the time?” Have these Justices, prevented against removal from office by discontented voters (in contrast to the President and the members of Congress), done any better than the elected branches of government at protecting racial minorities in America?

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Edward Elgar Publishing

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1786438836

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Constituting Federal Sovereignty

The European Union in Comparative Context

By: Leslie Friedman Goldstein

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Constituting Federal Sovereignty

The European Union in Comparative Context

By: Leslie Friedman Goldstein

Starting from the premise that the system of independent, sovereign, territorial states, which was the subject of political science and international relations studies in the twentieth century, has entered a transition toward something new, noted political scientist Leslie F. Goldstein examines the development of the European Union by blending comparative and historical institutionalist approaches. She argues that the most useful framework for understanding the kinds of "supra-state" formations that are increasingly apparent in the beginning of the third millennium is comparative analysis of the formative epochs of federations of the past that formed voluntarily from previously independent states. In Constituting Federal Sovereignty: The European Union in Comparative Context Goldstein identifies three significant predecessors to today's European Union: the Dutch Union of the 17th century, the United States of America from the 1787 Constitution to the Civil War, and the first half-century of the modern Swiss federation, beginning in 1848. She examines the processes by which federalization took place, what made for its success, and what contributed to its problems. She explains why resistance to federal authority, although similar in kind, varied significantly in degree in the cases examined. And she explores the crucial roles played by such factors as sovereignty-honoring elements within the institutional structure of the federation, the circumstances of its formation (revolt against distant empire versus aftermath of war among member states), and notably, the internal culture of respect for the rule of law in the member states. -- Stephen M. Griffin, Tulane Law School

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JHU Press

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0801866634

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9780801866630

Consistent Democracy

The "Woman Question" and Self-Government in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Leslie Butler

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Consistent Democracy

The "Woman Question" and Self-Government in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Leslie Butler

Consistent Democracy offers an intellectual history of the arguments, advocacy, and commentary about the so-called woman question and American popular government from the 1830s through the 1890s. What did it mean, a range of observers asked, that the world's first mass democracy only enfranchised white men? The inconsistency of women's "political non-existence" provoked a movement for change, led by familiar figures such as Elizabeth Cady Stanton. Movement voices were one part of a noisy and often discordant chorus. Only by attending to this broad range of competing voices can we understand popular political thought in nineteenth-century America"--

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Oxford University Press

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0197685838

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9780197685839

Constituting Federal Sovereignty

The European Union in Comparative Context

By: Leslie Friedman Goldstein

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Constituting Federal Sovereignty

The European Union in Comparative Context

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Addresses why, when, and how sovereign states give up some of their sovereignity to form a larger union Starting from the premise that the system of independent, sovereign, territorial states, which was the subject of political science and international relations studies in the twentieth century, has entered a transition toward something new, noted political scientist Leslie F. Goldstein examines the development of the European Union by blending comparative and historical institutionalist approaches. She argues that the most useful framework for understanding the kinds of "supra-state" formations that are increasingly apparent in the beginning of the third millennium is comparative analysis of the formative epochs of federations of the past that formed voluntarily from previously independent states. In Constituting Federal Sovereignty: The European Union in Comparative Context Goldstein identifies three significant predecessors to today's European Union: the Dutch Union of the 17th century, the United States of America from the 1787 Constitution to the Civil War, and the first half-century of the modern Swiss federation, beginning in 1848. She examines the processes by which federalization took place, what made for its success, and what contributed to its problems. She explains why resistance to federal authority, although similar in kind, varied significantly in degree in the cases examined. And she explores the crucial roles played by such factors as sovereignty-honoring elements within the institutional structure of the federation, the circumstances of its formation (revolt against distant empire versus aftermath of war among member states), and notably, the internal culture of respect for the rule of law in the member states.

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0801875684

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The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

Two Centuries of Judicial Review on Trial

By: Leslie F. Goldstein

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Two Centuries of Judicial Review on Trial

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The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

Constituting Federal Sovereignty

Constituting Federal Sovereignty

Consistent Democracy

Consistent Democracy

Constituting Federal Sovereignty

Constituting Federal Sovereignty

The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

The U.S. Supreme Court and Racial Minorities

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