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Foreword [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The articles published in this volume of Law and Contemporary Problems address the constitutionality of the minimum coverage provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), either directly or indirectly.
Siegel, Neil S.
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The Rules of the Coronation: Differentiating Convention from Practice and Custom

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The coronation of a new monarch is a constitutional event governed by unwritten rules. To understand which aspects of the coronation are constitutionally significant—and which are better understood as the product of tradition or novel approaches—this article examines how three types of unwritten rules structure the ceremony: conventions ...
Carolyn S. Harris, Philippe Lagassé
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Good Chaps and Guardrails: Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the House of Lords

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The ‘good chaps’ theory of government relies on officeholders understanding and adhering to implicit lines preventing corruption and abuse of power. Boris Johnson's prime ministership showed some weaknesses in this approach. Recent global experience, especially with the re‐election of Donald Trump, suggests the UK may need stronger backstops ...
Tom Nicholls
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We The People\u27s Executive [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Perhaps to no one’s surprise, a recent survey found that most Americans know far more about television hits than they know about the United States Constitution. For instance, 52% of Americans surveyed could name at least two characters from The Simpsons,
Brooks, Rosa Ehrenreich
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The Recent Civil Disobedience Fidelity to Law

open access: yesThe Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Generations of citizens have successfully used civil disobedience to enact positive lasting change in their societies. In some places, such as the UK and elsewhere, it is considered a ‘tradition’. But recent instances of civil disobedience—especially in relation to UK climate campaigners—have brought forward numerous challenges, some of which ...
Brian Christopher Jones
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An economic analysis of constitutional law [PDF]

open access: yes
Perhaps, the 1990''''s will be the decade of constitution writing. With many European States gaining their independence or reshaping their contours, new constitutions will be drawn up. Recent advances in the economic analysis of law can help to make this
Backhaus,J.G.
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Dr. Patrick T. Conley on the Law and Order Constitution [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
In this interview, Dr. Patrick T. Conley, constitutional historian and Dorr scholar, discusses the deficiencies of the Law & Order Constitution of 1843, the provisions of the People\u27s Constitution of 1841, and his personal involvement in the Rhode ...
Conley, Patrick T.
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