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For centuries, the great philosophers have contemplated and discussed the conditions that advance human happiness. It isn't about wealth or fame, glamour or cleverness. It's not found in complex diets or routines. Instead, it is simply to understand -- and to master -- what the eminent philosopher and physicist Rev. Dr. Robert Spitzer refers to as the "Four Levels of Happiness." In this ground-breaking book, Dr. Spitzer describes each and expl...

This new edition brings together the latest developments and research in gun politics, policy, law, history, and criminology to provide a comprehensive and accessible source widely used by scholars, journalists, and in classrooms.

This new edition brings together the latest developments and research in gun politics, policy, law, history, and criminology to provide a comprehensive and accessible source widely used by scholars, journalists, and in classrooms.

In The Gun Dilemma, Robert J. Spitzer examines this "gun rights 2.0" movement in the light of a host of gun controversies: assault weapons, ammunition magazines, silencers, public gun brandishing and display, and the emergent Second Amendment sanctuary movement. Given the importance of actual gun law history to this debate, Spitzer draws from the historical record to illuminate several contemporary and emergent gun controversies that may well ...

This classic work on the national gun debate in the US has been updated to cover the gun safety and sanctuary movements, NRA crises, bump stocks and red flag laws, among other developments.

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This classic work on the national gun debate in the US has been updated to cover the gun safety and sanctuary movements, NRA crises, bump stocks and red flag laws, among other developments.

This is the first modern study of the veto. In addition to tracing the genesis and historical evolution from Ancient Rome, through the ultimate inclusion in the Constitution, it also explores the veto's consequences for modern presidents. In doing so, Spitzer promotes a key argument about the relation between the veto power and the Presidency -- namely, that the rise of the veto power, beginning with the first Chief Executive, is symptomatic o...

This is the first modern study of the veto. In addition to tracing the genesis and historical evolution from Ancient Rome, through the ultimate inclusion in the Constitution, it also explores the veto's consequences for modern presidents. In doing so, Spitzer promotes a key argument about the relation between the veto power and the Presidency -- namely, that the rise of the veto power, beginning with the first Chief Executive, is symptomatic o...

The Politics of Gun Control is a gem: the unique case study that delves into a controversial topic students know something about--or at least have an opinion on--while raising important issues and questions about how the American political system works. Now in its fourth edition, this authoritative and fair-minded analysis of the gun control debate in the United States analyzes every important aspect of the controversy, including its history, ...

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The new edition of this classic text covers the latest developments in American gun policy, including shooting incidents plaguing the American landscape - especially Sandy Hook, the Colorado theatre shootings and the tragic death of Trayvon Martin - placing them in context with similar recent events. The incidents described in the book sparked a wave of gun control legislation at local, state and national levels, some of which was successful, ...

Political scientists and media specialists accept that the mass media have made a profound and direct impact on virtually every aspect of the political process. This text brings together 16 scholars who aim to focus analytical attention on factors linking the media and public policymaking.

?Spitzer blends research on the impact of the New York-based Right to Life Party (RTLP) with questions of representation. He includes an analysis of four 18th-century third parties: Liberal, Free Soil, Greenback, and Prohibition. He develops a dynamic model of party development, which recognizes the nexus between the mobilization of discontent outsiders and the structure of political opportunities in election laws.... Based on the New York exp...

Politics and Constitutionalism presents a collection of eight original essays by leading political science and law scholars, organized to recognize and analyze Louis Fisher's prolific and important body of work. The essays explore the role of all three branches of government in shaping constitutional meaning and institutional behavior, noting that the courts do not have sole interpretive power. This principle is applied to such topics as the d...

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This book is a sweeping indictment of the legal profession in the realm of constitutional interpretation.

This book is a sweeping indictment of the legal profession in the realm of constitutional interpretation.

Several books championing agnosticism or atheism have made their way into public consciousness of late. But these popular books ignore the vast majority - if not the entirety - of the considerable evidence for theism that has come to light from physics and philosophy during the last forty years. New Proofs for the Existence of God thoughtfully and thoroughly responds to these omissions.This book will appeal to readers interested in exploring t...