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One of the nation's leading legal scholars takes a calm, unbiased look at the bitter debate over the Second Amendment that exists between the National Rifle Association and gun-control groups.

The Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution offers a comprehensive overview and introduction to the U.S. Constitution from the perspectives of history, political science, law, rights, and constitutional themes, while focusing on its development, structures, rights, and role in the U.S. political system and culture.

The Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution offers a comprehensive overview and introduction to the U.S. Constitution from the perspectives of history, political science, law, rights, and constitutional themes, while focusing on its development, structures, rights, and role in the U.S. political system and culture.

Tushnet shows how the skills, personalities, and talent in the NAACP legal team led to the success of the first public interest litigation campaign. A new epilogue for this edition addresses litigation strategy and the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education.

Designed to fill the need for an accessible introduction to "Marbury" and the topic of judicial review, this book presents the unique transcript of a reenactment of the argument of "Marbury v. Madison, " argued by constitutional scholars before a bench of federal judges. Following the transcript are essays on the case and its significance today.

Designed to fill the need for an accessible introduction to "Marbury" and the topic of judicial review, this book presents the unique transcript of a reenactment of the argument of "Marbury v. Madison, " argued by constitutional scholars before a bench of federal judges. Following the transcript are essays on the case and its significance today.

Essays by leading constitutional scholars on the relationship between war powers and the Constitution in general and in the aftermath of September 11th.

Essays by leading constitutional scholars on the relationship between war powers and the Constitution in general and in the aftermath of September 11th.

When John Roberts was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said he would act as an umpire. Instead, his Court is reshaping legal precedent through decisions unmistakably-though not always predictably-determined by politics as much as by law, on a Court almost perfectly politically divided. Harvard Law School professor and constitutional law expert Mark Tushnet clarifies the lines of conflict and what is at stake on the Supreme Cour...

Maintains that politicians and political parties - not Supreme Court decisions - are the true engines of constitutional change in our system. Unlike legal scholars who consider the Constitution only as a blueprint for American democracy, this title focuses on the ways it serves as a framework for political debate.

This is the second edition of Professor Tushnet's short critical introduction to the history and current meaning of the United States' Constitution. It is organised around wo themes: first, the US Constitution is old, short, and difficult to amend. Second, the Constitution creates a structure of political opportunities that allows political actors, icluding political parties, to pursue the preferred policy goals even to the point of altering t...

All readers interested in today's constitutional courts will profit from eavesdropping on this conversation." --"Judicature" This collection of essays on constitutional law is designed to introduce the reader to the range of issues concerning constitutional theory that occupy the attention of constitutional scholars in the United States today.

In this authoritative reckoning with the eighteen-year record of the Rehnquist Court, Georgetown law professor Mark Tushnet reveals how the decisions of nine deeply divided justices have left the future of the Court, and the nation, hanging in the balance. Many have assumed that the chasm on the Court has been between its liberals and its conservatives. In reality, the division was between those in tune with the modern post-Reagan Republican P...

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The near conjunction of the bicentennial of the United States Constitution in 1989 and the completion of the European common market in 1992 provides a unique opportunity for the comparative consideration of constitutional federalism. The experience of the United States, with its mature federal system, offers some useful comparisons and insights into the processes that may follow in a further federalization of the European Community. This book,...

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