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- 1From:Independent Review (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedPolitical economists have given the problem of rent-seeking a prominent position in their analyses since Gordon Tullock (1967) brought it to attention by highlighting the tendency for the efforts of seeking it to compete...
- 2From:South Dakota Law Review (Vol. 67, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedOn November 3, 2020, South Dakota voters took to the polls to cast their votes on Amendment A. If passed, South Dakota would become the nineteenth state to legalize recreational marijuana. The election results revealed...
- 3From:Revista Brasileira de Teoria Constitucional (Vol. 8, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe Federal Constitution of 1988 has already undergone 125 reforms, so that it is possible to raise questions about the repercussions of the intense use of the Amendments to the assurance of Constitutional Supremacy. In...
- 4From:Femspec (Vol. 22, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed"Excerpts from the Abortion Law" is a story told in quotations, some real, but most not. The elements are politician's opinions, novel lines, academic review, and newspaper articles. I have provided a Works Cited page to...
- 5From:Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (Vol. 29, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThis article discusses the challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic poses to the current concepts of globalization, universality of human rights, and the rules-based international order. This article discusses how Russia...
- 6From:Notre Dame Law Review (Vol. 97, Issue 4)It is not often that a single individual is responsible for constitutional provisions as important as Sections 1 and 5 of the Fourteenth Amendment. My project in this Essay is not to engage in a study of original intent,...
- 7From:Sydney Law Review (Vol. 44, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedAbstract Australia's states and territories have together held more than 50 referendums since Federation in 1901. And yet, as the literature on federal referendums has continued to grow, scholars have largely...
- 8From:AEI Paper & StudiesKey Points * The stability of the Constitution promotes reverence among the public, which in turn facilitates social order. * This suggests that conservatives should be hesitant to amend the Constitution, for...
- 9From:Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies (Vol. 29, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedScholars have written extensively on the content of post-Arab Spring constitutions, highlighting these constitutions' strengths and weaknesses. Less attention has been devoted to the processes that led to the adoption of...
- 10From:Alaska Law Review (Vol. 38, Issue 2)The Alaska State budget has decreased in recent years, and because of the lower price of oil, it is not expected to recover in the near term. This smaller budgetary pie may intensify the impulse to protect the funding of...
- 11From:Natural Resources & Environment (Vol. 36, Issue 2)Imagine if you couldn't trust the water coming out of your faucets because it was tainted with dangerous levels of lead or cancer-causing chemicals. Imagine if the air quality was so poor in your neighborhood that you...
- 12From:Natural Resources & Environment (Vol. 36, Issue 2)An emerging theme in the national conversation on the environment, climate change, and racial equality is the role of private individuals using legal authorities to advance social and environmental causes where...
- 13From:The Journal of the Louisiana State Medical Society (Vol. 173, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedThe first four bills are a package including a constitutional amendment that must pass a vote of the people prior to any taking effect: * SB 159 (Act 134) by Sen. Bret Allain (R-Franklin) is a Constitutional Amendment...
- 14From:William and Mary Law Review (Vol. 62, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION Over the last century, humans have warmed the planet by approximately 1.0[degrees]C. (1) Pennsylvania's average temperature has risen 1.8[degrees]F in the last hundred years, and climate scientists predict...
- 15From:Harvard Law Review (Vol. 134, Issue 6)Constitutional Law--Equal Protection--Eleventh Circuit Upholds Statute Limiting Constitutional Amendment on Felon Reenfranchisement.--Jones v. Governor of Florida, 975 F.3d 1016 (11th Cir. 2020). Florida's legislature...
- 16From:William and Mary Law Review (Vol. 62, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe marriage equality movement won its first state victory in 2003, and within a dozen years fifty states were handing out marriage licenses. The swiftness of the constitutional triumph was only possible because public...
- 17From:American Journal of International Law (Vol. 115, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis Current Development Essay discusses the international legal implications of constitutional amendments adopted in the Russian Federation by an "all-Russian vote, "a quasi-referendum from June 25 to July 1, 2020. The...
- 18From:Revista Derecho del Estado (Issue 48) Peer-ReviewedConstitutional Amendments and Democracy: A View from Latin America INTRODUCTION In his pathbreaking book Constitutional Amendments: Making, Breaking, and Changing Constitutions, Professor Richard Albert studies the...
- 19From:UMass Law Review (Vol. 15, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedINTRODUCTION Liberal democracy is like a game in which many of the rules are unwritten. The importance of these unwritten rules becomes obvious as soon as they are discarded or disregarded. Whether the rules are...
- 20From:Drexel Law Review (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe Constitution has not been amended for nearly three decades. During this time, the line in the sand between political parties has morphed into an impenetrable wall that neither side can or is willing to breach. This...