Like in other parts of the world, the protection of human rights and other practices of constitutionalism remains uneven in Malawi and Kenya. However, as Eunice N. Sahle argues in this book, from a comparative historical perspective, these countries' adoption of new transformative constitutional frameworks in 1994 and 2010, respectively, provided ......
Gouverneur Morris and the Creation of America's Basic Charter
Strikingly few Americans know who wrote the Constitution. Even fewer know that he was a peg-legged ladies' man with a wicked sense of humor, a staunch opponent of slavery, and an unabashed elitist. Gouverneur Morris, who has been described as "the most colorful man in North America" at the time of the founding, was a dominant figure at the ......
How the Supreme Court Undermines the Separation of Powers
A bold and timely proposal for rethinking the role of the Supreme Court in the separation of powers. There is a widespread sense today that the separation-of-powers system is broken or dysfunctional and has become an obstacle to effective government. The Constitution of Conflict demonstrates that much of the problem comes from attempts to find ......
The focus of American Government and Politics is threefold: to introduce students to some of the primary documents that are vital to understanding the U.S. government; to highlight some of the more famous contemporary political scientists and theories; and to demonstrate how research and data help political scientists better understand the world ......
A timely analysis of the historic 2024 elections from some of the leading minds in US political science Continuing a tradition begun in 1984, and for every presidential election year since, renowned political scientist Michael Nelson and a team of scholars have put together a comprehensive, scholarly, and compelling account of the 2024 ......
A timely analysis of the historic 2024 elections from some of the leading minds in US political science Continuing a tradition begun in 1984, and for every presidential election year since, renowned political scientist Michael Nelson and a team of scholars have put together a comprehensive, scholarly, and compelling account of the 2024 ......
From two expert presidential scholars comes a new answer to why the Trump presidency happened: decades of partisanship and policies have centered the president as the sole focus of American government to create a treacherous system whose danger may far outlive the politics of Donald J. Trump.The election of Donald J. Trump on November 6, 2016, ......
From two expert presidential scholars comes a new answer to why the Trump presidency happened: decades of partisanship and policies have centered the president as the sole focus of American government to create a treacherous system whose danger may far outlive the politics of Donald J. Trump.The election of Donald J. Trump on November 6, 2016, ......
How America's Constitutional Order Emerged from Violent Crisis
How Americans have weathered constitutional crises throughout our history Since protestors ripped through the Capitol Building in 2021, the threat of constitutional crisis has loomed over our nation. The foundational tenets of American democracy seem to be endangered, and many citizens believe this danger is unprecedented in our history. But ......
