Books, Nonfiction, Law, Constitutional Law

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Stephen P. Halbrook
The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms
by Ivan R. Dee, Publisher (Hardcover)

Stephen Halbrook's The Founders' Second Amendment is the first book-length account of the origins of the Second Amendment, based on the Founders' own statements as found in newspapers, correspondence, debates, and resolutions. Mr. Halbrook investigates the period from 1768 to 1826, from the last years of British rule and the American Revolution through to the adoption of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, and the passing of the Founders' generation. His book offers the most comprehensive analysis of the arguments behind the drafting and adoption of the Second Amendment, and the intentions of the men who created it. With the question of the right to bear arms scheduled to come before the Supreme Court in the spring of 2008, The Founders' Second Amendment could scarcely be more timely.

Adam Hochschild
King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
by Houghton Mifflin (Hardcover)

Erwin Chemerinsky
Constitutional Law: Principles And Policies (Introduction to Law Series)
by Aspen Publishers (Paperback)

Written by leading scholars, each title in the "Introduction to Law" series contains comprehensive treatment in black-letter style. Featuring footnotes citing to case law, statutory and other authorities, these volumes are ideal for in-depth research on particular issues and points of law.

Anita J. Aboulafia
The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley (MAXNotes Literature Guides)
by Research & Education Association (Paperback)

Erwin Chemerinsky
Constitutional Law (Casebook Series)
by Aspen Publishers, Inc. (Hardcover)

Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation
by Wilder Publications (Paperback) (Release Date: 2008-11-24)

Collected here in one affordable volume are the most important documents of the United States of America: The Constitution of the United States of America, with the Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments; The Declaration of Independence; and the Articles of Confederation. These three documents are the basis for our entire way of life. Every citizen should have a copy.

W. E. B. Du Bois, David W. Blight, Robert Gooding-Williams
The Souls of Black Folk (The Bedford Series in History and Culture)
by Bedford/St. Martin's (Paperback)

Gerald Gunther
Constitutional Law (Twelve Edition and Individualrights in Constitutional Law)
by Foundation Pr (Paperback)

The 13th edition of Constitutional Law maintains the structure of recent editions while thoroughly streamlining material and updating the cases covered. In addition, for the first time, a detailed Teacher's Manual has been prepared to assist current and new users in understanding the breadth and depth of this leading publication. Important features: - Federalism - The latest decisions on clashes between federal and state authority, including Lopez, NY v. U.S., Term Limits, and Seminole Tribe - Equal Protection - Updated focus on current controversies over affirmative action and voting rights - Free Speech - Current controversies from indecent speech on the Internet to proposed regulations of tobacco advertising and campaign money - Religion - The constitutionality and Interpretation of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and debates over the meaning of religious liberty

Nelson Mandela
Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela
by Little Brown Company (Paperback)

Amartya Sen
Development as Freedom
by Knopf (Hardcover) (Release Date: 1999-09-21)

Development as Freedom is a general exposition of the economic ideas and analyses of Amartya Sen, winner of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Economic Science. This brilliant and indispensable treatise compellingly analyzes the nature of contemporary economic development from the perspective of human freedom. Freedom, Sen persuasively argues, is at once the ultimate goal of economic life and the most efficient means of realizing general welfare. It is a good to be enjoyed by the world's entire population. Drawing on moral and political philosophy and technical economic analysis, this work gives the nonspecialist reader powerful access to Sen's paradigm-altering vision and vividly shows how he, in the words of the Nobel Prize committee, has both "restored an ethical dimension to the discussion of economic problems" and "opened up new fields of study for subsequent generations of researchers."        To a world divided between those who fear the ruthlessness of the free market under ...

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