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War And American Constitutional Order, Mark E. Brandon
War And American Constitutional Order, Mark E. Brandon
Vanderbilt Law Review
In their introduction to a fine new edition of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America, Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop claim that "[i]f the twentieth century has been an American century, it is because the work of America... has been to keep democracy strong where it is alive and to promote it where it is weak or nonexistent." By "democracy" they doubtless intend something akin to "constitutional democracy," "liberal democracy," or "republican government." I take each of these to be a rough proxy for a constitutionalist system that includes (1) institutions authorized by and accountable to the people (both …
Books Received, Journal Editor
Books Received, Journal Editor
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
THE DISCONNECTED By Penn Kimball New York: Columbia University Press, 1972.Pp. 317. $2.95/Paperback
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION (2d ed.). Edited by Robert T. Golembiewski, Frank Gibson & Goeffrey Y. Cornog, Chicago: Rand McNally & Company, 1972. Pp. xxxix, 617.$6.95/Paperback
THE AUSTRIAN-GERMAN ARBITRAL TRIBUNAL By Ignaz Seidl-Hohenveldern Syracuse:Syracuse University Press, 1972. Pp. xi, 261. $15.00.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF PRISONERS By John W. Palmer Cincinnati: The W.H.Anderson Company, 1973. Pp. xv, 710.
CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF THE ACCUSED: PRETRIAL RIGHTS By Joseph G. Cook Rochester: The Lawyer's Co-operative Publishing Company, 1972. Pp. ix, 572. $35.00.
CRIMINAL SENTENCES: LAW WITHOUT ORDER By Marvin E. Frankel New …
From Unwritten To Written: Transformation In The British Common-Law Constitution, David Jenkins
From Unwritten To Written: Transformation In The British Common-Law Constitution, David Jenkins
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
This Article posits that the British Constitution is changing by incorporating written principles that restrain Parliament through judicial review. The Author asserts that this constitutional model has basis in the common law and the orthodox theories of Blackstone and Dicey. In addition, the "ultra vires" doctrine supports the model and provides a basis for judicial review of Parliament. As constitutions may accommodate written and unwritten elements of law, as well as various means of enforcement and change, the Author posits that constitutions are defined by how strongly they reflect underlying legal norms. With a shift in the rule of recognition …
How We Should Think About The Constitutional Status Of The Suspected Terrorist Detainees At Guantanamo Bay, Akash R. Desai
How We Should Think About The Constitutional Status Of The Suspected Terrorist Detainees At Guantanamo Bay, Akash R. Desai
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
In the aftermath of the September 11th attacks, the United States has held suspected terrorist detainees captured during the military campaign in Afghanistan indefinitely at the United States military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Among those currently detained are members of the al-Qaeda terrorist group and the Taliban. Currently the detainees are in the peculiar situation of generally being outside the scope of protections offered by both the international humanitarian law and the Unites States criminal law regimes.
This Note examines the extraterritorial scope of the United States Constitution as it applies to the suspected terrorist detainees at Guantanamo Bay. …
Eldred V. Ashcroft: Challenging The Constitutionality Of The Copyright Term Extension Act, Justice J. Rillera
Eldred V. Ashcroft: Challenging The Constitutionality Of The Copyright Term Extension Act, Justice J. Rillera
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
This Note explores opposing arguments on the constitutionality of the CTEA under the Copyright Clause, which gives Congress the power "[t]o promote the Progress of Science and the useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to the irrespective Writings and Discoveries." Part I of this Note analyzes whether Congress violated the "limited Times" restriction by extending the terms of existing copyrights. Part II examines whether the CTEA promotes the "Progress of Science' ' Finally, Part Ill highlights questions the U.S. Supreme Court must resolve to maintain the balance between the rights of the …