Some wish the Founders had all agreed on a coherent vision for the United States, especially on how to interpret the Constitution. Such agreement has never existed, and Defining the Republic documents the dispute between two of the most important Founders: Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
In this annual review from the Cato Institute, leading legal scholars analyze the 2023-2024 Supreme Court term, specifically the most important and far-reaching cases of the year, plus cases coming up. Now in its 2rd edition, the Review is the first scholarly journal to appear after the term's end and the only one grounded in the nation's first ......
Drive meaningful change, align your mission and vision, and achieve your nonprofit's goals with this in-depth, six-stage strategic planning guide for nonprofits. In Pursuing Impact, scholar and former nonprofit executive director Alicia Schatteman shares her unique experience and expertise to help organizations navigate the complexities of ......
From Common Law Origins to 21st Century Protections
John C. Domino examines the origins and development of the right to privacy in Texas, beginning at a time when the state's courts had not yet recognized the common law tort doctrines and state constitutional provisions that protect privacy, and culminating with the adoption of a robust right in groundbreaking cases. The author argues that contrary ......
Animal law is a growing discipline, as is animal ethics. In this wide-ranging book, scholars from around the world address the intersections between the two. Specifically, this collection focuses on pressing moral issues and how law can protect animals from cruelty and abuse. A project of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, the book is edited by ......
An Analysis of Backlash, Scapegoating, and Dog-Whistling from Obergefell
Two LGBTQ affirmative US Supreme Court Rulings occurred in the second decade of the twenty-first century: the 2015 Obergefell ruling in support of same sex marriage, and the 2020 Bostock decision ruling that discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity is prohibited by Title VII. In The Politicization of Trans Identity: An ......
A clear and comprehensive overview of presidential impeachment from a leading expert in the field As a result of Donald Trump's presidency, impeachment was once again thrust into the spotlight of American political discussion. However, its history goes back to the very founding of the nation, when American colonists, remembering their ......
The Dynamic Balance Between State and Federal Authority
Environmental law expert Lowell E. Baier reveals how over centuries the federal government slowly preempted the states' authority over managing their residential wildlife. Baier describes how state authority over its resident wildlife established in the 1600s for the food security of its citizens, has slowly eroded under the pressures of ......
Privacy, in human history, is a relatively recent concept. Nobody had much privacy in the Middle Ages. Even kings and queens lacked privacy: it was an age when crowds watched a queen give birth, and the king received visitors while on the chamber pot. Technology and concepts of privacy grew up together--as both friends and enemies. For example, ......
