Отсутствие кодекса писаных основных законов в Англии и подчинение установившимся традициям затрудняют теоретическое изучение её государственного строя. Как теоретик и практик, как профессор и член Парламента, Энсон старается суммировать в настоящем сочинении обычаи и статутные постановления, относящиеся к Палатам и дать полную картину образования Парламента, его деятельности, его прав и привилегий. Содержание: Место конституционных законов в науке права; Исторический очерк; Несколько характерных черт английской конституции; Собрание Парламента; Палата Общин; Палата Лордов; Законодательный процесс; Корона в Парламенте; Конфликт между исполнительной и законодательной властью; Высший суд Парламента.

A distinguished international team of legal theorists examine the issue of constitutionalism and pose such foundational questions as: Why have a constitution? How do we know what the constitution of a country really is? How should a constitution be interpreted? The volume will be of particular importance to those in philosophy, law, political science and international relations interested in whether and what kinds of constitutions should be adopted in countries without them, and involved in debates about constitutional interpretation.

In photographs Karl Marx and Abraham Lincoln both look the part of the respectable Victorian gentleman. But they were almost diametrically opposed in their attitude toward what was called at the time the social question. Lincoln happily represented railroad corporations as a lawyer. As a politician he was a champion of free wage labor. Karl Marx, on the other hand, was a declared foe of capitalism who insisted that wage labor was in fact wage slavery, since the worker was compelled by economic necessity to sell his defi ning human attribute—his labor power—because if he did not, his family would soon face hunger and homelessness.

Lawrence Lessig, “the most important thinker on intellectual property in the Internet era” (The New Yorker), masterfully argues that never before in human history has the power to control creative progress been so concentrated in the hands of the powerful few, the so-called Big Media. Never before have the cultural powers- that-be been able to exert such control over what we can and can’t do with the culture around us. Our society defends free markets and free speech; why then does it permit such top-down control? To lose our long tradition of free culture, Lawrence Lessig shows us, is to lose our freedom to create, our freedom to build, and, ultimately, our freedom to imagine.

Although Parliament is constantly in the news and televised daily, much of its work remains a mystery to outsiders and is sometimes perplexing even to its own members. This book provides a unique insight into the work and daily life of Parliament. It sets out plainly and intelligibly what goes on and why things happen, but it also analyses the pressures within the institution, its strengths and weaknesses, and ways in which it might change. Covering every aspect of the work, membership, and structures of both Houses, this book also reflects the profound changes that have taken place in Parliament over the years.

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Метою серії “Відкриті лекції” є інтенсифікація наукових дискусій та належне навчально-методичне забезпечення процесу підготовки студентів-правознавців та міжнародників. Дана серія запланована як відкритий майданчик для дискусійних положень, наукової полеміки та покращення підготовки до лекційних та семінарських занять. Розрахована на інтерес студентів, магістрів, аспірантів, викладачів.