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This sweeping history of judicial review shows how the power to enforce the Constitution evolved into the power to adapt H t > new ends. Christopher Wolfe, a brilliant young Constitutional scholar, illustrates now judicial review originated in the writings of the Founding Fathers and was dramatically transformed by 19th- and 20th-century judges. Wolfe describes how judicial review has become another variant of legislative power, and his study raises important questions about the Constitutional underpinnings and political consequences of this vast expansion of judicial authority. "A sober and serious defense of a traditional perspective that has been too lightly dismissed in recent years. "—JEREMY A. RABKIN, Cornell University "At once comprehensive, historically rich, and theoretically deep. It is a book, to put it simply, that merits the attention of everyone. "—GARY A timely analysis of how politics has shaped the codes regulating the U.S. government's major source of revenue. 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Dr. Mason's analysis is based on the most open and revealing polls ever to issue from a communist country, polls conducted by the government, the universities, and Solidarity itself on fundamental issues — the nature of the socialist state, the role of the party, popular confidence in Solidarity, the Church and the regime. limited liberalization, authoritarian a broad This study focuses on the intergovernmental im- plementation of selected emergency management programs. The authors analyze aspects of disaster policy and discuss federal and state management choices concerning dam safety, earthquake preparedness, flood plain management, and civil defense planning. A volume in the series Disaster Research in Practice. From a policy-study perspective, this is an analysis of the efforts of the international community to address global problems cooperatively. 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Case cuttings and descriptive material are integrated into a coherent, chronological treatment of each topic. Here is the long-awaited, full-length of Ronald s theory of law. He begins with the by which He main This is a nonpartisan study of the imperfect but steadily developing system for containing the of such technologies as thus McGLEN-NON, Editors. Based on a survey of more than 17,000 delegates to state presidential nominating conventions, this pathbreaking book examines the characteristics, motiva-tions, and beliefs of a broad group of par- ty activists in the presidential nominating process. essays by major scholars of judicial behavior explore the frequency, intensity, and causes of conflict and consensus among judges on American appellate courts. These studies provide new insights judges' attitudes, and role This monograph is a comprehensive study of an American state political party. 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