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A prophet in politics : a biography of J. S. Woodsworth
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ISBN: 1282014579 9786612014574 1442670428 9781487516888 1487516886 9781442670426 9781282014572 0802035558 0802084273 9780802035554 9780802084279 9781487522346 1487522347 Year: 2001 Publisher: Toronto, [Canada] ; Buffalo, [New York] ; London, [England] : University of Toronto Press,

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In this elegant and rigorously researched work, Kenneth McNaught details the life, work, and principles of J.S Woodsworth and shows the powerful moral and political force that the pacifist, Methodist thinker exerted on Canadian politics. Woodsworth first went to the House of Commons in 1922, and became leader of the Cooperative Commonwealth Federation at its formation in 1933. A socialist to the end, he exhibited his anti-war convictions to Parliament, when, in 1939, he alone spoke out against joining the war in Europe. Woodsworth's ideas and strong social conscience helped to shape the development of the welfare state in Canada, and have left an intellectual legacy in both socialist and liberal circles. A Prophet in Politics marks the progress of socialism in Canada, as well as the economic and political conditions in the first half of the twentieth century. McNaught, who died in 1997, is himself an important figure in Canadian history, having fought as a professor of history for academic freedom and having brought the scholarly discussion of national politics into the public sphere. At the time of its original publication, Globe and Mail reviewers called it 'a definitive biography that in drama and organization ranks with the best books about the makers of Canada.' This edition, presented in the 'Reprints in Canadian History' series, includes a new introduction by Allen Mills.

The Oxford companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
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ISBN: 1602565279 0195176618 0199916462 9780195176612 0199725357 0190868848 Year: 2005 Publisher: Oxford: Oxford university press,

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From the Publisher: The Supreme Court has continued to write constitutional history over the thirteen years since publication of the highly acclaimed first edition of The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court. Two new justices have joined the high court, more than 800 cases have been decided, and a good deal of new scholarship has appeared on many of the topics treated in the Companion. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist presided over the impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton, and the Court as a whole played a decisive and controversial role in the outcome of the 2000 presidential election. Under Rehnquists's leadership, a bare majority of the justices have rewritten significant areas of the law dealing with federalism, sovereign immunity, and the commerce power. This new edition includes new entries on key cases and fully updated treatment of crucial areas of constitutional law, such as abortion, freedom of religion, school desegregation, freedom of speech, voting rights, military tribunals, and the rights of the accused. These developments make the second edition of this accessible and authoritative guide essential for judges, lawyers, academics, journalists, and anyone interested in the impact of the Court's decisions on American society.


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Defederalisering van justitie
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ISBN: 2804410714 9782804410711 Year: 2003 Volume: 5 Publisher: Brussel: Larcier,

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Vanuit het streven naar een efficiëntere en meer eigentijdse rechtsbedeling stelt zich in toenemende mate de vraag naar de mogelijkheid en wenselijkheid van de defederaliser- ing van de justitie. In de lijn van de vorige edities organiseerde de Vlaamse Juristen- vereniging op 6 december 2002 de Vijfde Vlaamse Staatsrechtconferentie omtrent dit actueel maatschappelijk debat: Is Vlaamse autonomie inzake Justitie wenselijk en aan- vaardbaar? Op welk niveau wordt de Justitie het best verzekerd: Vlaams, Belgisch of Europees? Voor welk model opteren wij? Welke krachtlijnen willen wij uittekenen: is wat wij zelf beslechten inderdaad beter beslecht? In zijn referaat onderzoekt professor Karel Rimanque (UA) in een rechtsvergelijkend perspectief de mogelijkheden van een deelstatelijk optreden met betrekking tot de rechts- bedeling. Professor Boudewijn Bouckaert (UG) zoekt inspiratie in de rechtseconomie om na te gaan in hoeverre een defederalisering of europeanisering van justitie voordelen of nadelen biedt. Een model van gedefederaliseerde organisatie van justitie wordt aan- gereikt door professor Matthias Storme (UA en KU Leuven). Professor Paul van Orshoven (KU Leuven) ten slotte schetst onder de titel 'Wat we zelf beslechten, beslecht- en we beter' enkele krachtlijnen voor een Vlaamse organisatie van de gerechtelijke organisatie en procedure. Dit referatenboek is verre van een vrijblijvende intellectuele denkoefening omtrent deze vragen, maar reikt bouwstenen aan voor een kwaliteitsvolle justitie in Vlaanderen, die 'bereikbaar, beschikbaar, begrijpbaar, bruikbaar en betaalbaar' is voor alle rechtzoekenden.

Levende democratie : de kracht van een parlement in de 21ste eeuw
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ISBN: 9020956639 9789020956634 Year: 2004 Publisher: Tielt: Lannoo,

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Aanwinst van De Batselier, Norbert


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Archives of authority : empire, culture, and the Cold War
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ISBN: 1283539861 9786613852311 1400842174 9781400842179 0691154155 9780691154152 9780691154152 9781283539869 6613852317 Year: 2012 Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press,

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Combining literary, cultural, and political history, and based on extensive archival research, including previously unseen FBI and CIA documents, Archives of Authority argues that cultural politics--specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts--played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Andrew Rubin argues that this transfer reshaped the postwar literary space and he shows how, during this time, new and efficient modes of cultural transmission, replication, and travel--such as radio and rapidly and globally circulated journals--completely transformed the position occupied by the postwar writer and the role of world literature. Rubin demonstrates that the nearly instantaneous translation of texts by George Orwell, Thomas Mann, W. H. Auden, Richard Wright, Mary McCarthy, and Albert Camus, among others, into interrelated journals that were sponsored by organizations such as the CIA's Congress for Cultural Freedom and circulated around the world effectively reshaped writers, critics, and intellectuals into easily recognizable, transnational figures. Their work formed a new canon of world literature that was celebrated in the United States and supposedly represented the best of contemporary thought, while less politically attractive authors were ignored or even demonized. This championing and demonizing of writers occurred in the name of anti-Communism--the new, transatlantic "civilizing mission" through which postwar cultural and literary authority emerged.


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La relation entre l'autorité politique et la haute administration : mise en perspective de la situation au niveau fédéral en Belgique
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ISBN: 9038204647 9789038204642 Year: 2004 Volume: *5 Publisher: Gent: Academia press,

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1. Mise en perspective de la recherche.- 2. Comment se gouvernent les politiques publiques dans les pays étrangers ,-3. Comment se gouvernent les politiques publiques en Belgique ,- 4. La relation entre l'autorité politique et la haute fonction publique au niveau du pouvoir fédéral suite à la réforme Copernic.

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Le fait régional et la construction européenne
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ISBN: 2802717863 9782802717867 Year: 2003 Volume: 57 Publisher: Bruxelles : Bruylant,

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