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I. INTRODUCTION A. Article 27 B. A Law Student Wrote in 1964 II. ANTECEDENTS TO ARTICLE 27 AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF REVOLUTIONARY PROPERTY A. Liberal property B. Mexico's construction of [...]

I. INTRODUCTION II. STANDING IN ISRAEL III. DEVELOPMENT OF ISRAELI CONSTITUTIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE LAW AS A RESULT OF THE BROAD STANDING POLICY A. Examples of the Israeli Supreme Court Granting [...], The Article suggests that broad standing rights in Israel not only have contributed to the development of constitutional and administrative law, but also encourage the establishment of public interest organizations whose activities focus on filing petitions in those areas. Many of these petitions deal with issues that have significant political implications. This Article presents the broad standing rights in Israel, indicates the role of broad compliance in the development of Israeli constitutional and administrative law, describes the contribution of the broad standing in Israel to the establishment of public interest organizations and civic groups, and offers explanations of the dominance of these organizations and groups in filing petitions on issues which do not involve claims of violation of human rights or of individual interests.

I. Introduction The Roberts Court is continuing with its most recent predecessors, the Burger and Rehnquist Courts, in the erosion of constitutional protections of individual rights and liberties from state [...]

Scholars writing books defending originalism these days have a difficult task. In 1990, the job would have been much simpler. The defender of originalism would summarize the views of Robert [...]

When the original thirteen states declared independence from Great Britain, their former colonial charters became obsolete. Eleven states quickly addressed this situation by adopting state constitutions and, in some cases, [...]

ABSTRACT Thomas Cooley's A Treatise on The Constitutional Limitations Which Rest upon the Legislative Power of the States of the American Union was the most influential treatise of constitutional law [...]

I. INTRODUCTION 328 II. DISCUSSION 332 A. The Purpose and Objectives of the Right 332 B. The Origins, Nature, and Construction of the Right 337 C. Homestead: A Contemporary Statutory [...], Homestead laws reflect value judgments which balance the free functioning of commercial enterprise and business transactions against a family's interests in shelter and a home. In South Dakota's history, this tension has been displayed in legislative enactments, judicial reasoning, and even statewide referendums. An examination of the significant events at two ends of this chronology reveals the expression of societal values in law and the dynamics of the pre-statehood origins of homestead laws in the context of competing policies and interests. This article proceeds by outlining the general purposes and sources for homestead laws, followed by a sketch of existing homestead laws under the contemporary statutory framework. Next, the history leading up to the enactment of constitutional homestead protections in South Dakota's 1889 Constitution is considered.

Abstract The literature shows. a clear correlation between sound constitutional environments and human flourishing. However, the path to adoption of sound constitutions is much less clear. This paper turns to [...]

The interpretive methods that existed at the time that the US Constitution was written are considered. The way in which these methods affect the argument that the Constitution ought to be interpreted by determining the "original intent" of its constructors is examined. Evidence does seem to point to the supposition that the founders expected that the meaning of the Constitution would become "fixed", but this does not mean that originalists will cease having to explain unresolved issues.

ABSTRACT The State of the Union and Recommendation Clauses of Article II, Section 3 provide that the President "shall from time to time give to the Congress Information of the [...]