* J.D. 1970, Creighton University; Associate, Ross & O'Connor, Omaha, Nebraska; Lecturer in Law, Creighton University School of Law; Visiting Lecturer, Constitutional Law, University of Nebraska-Omaha; Plaintiff's Attorney, Horacek v. Exon. ** M.D. 1957, University of Nebraska; Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, University of Nebraska College of Medicine; President, National Association fo...

Introduction to the special section – Actors of EU law Activities actors Role definition in constitutional Constitutional theory Separation powers –Relationship between public authorities and individuals Institutional Private Lobbyists Law practice Legal doctrine Research methods Importance theoretical frameworks defining parameters legal research

the regional studies discipline (which considers regions as connecting links between nation-states to the grand level of the international system) studies conflict, war, crisis, cooperation and integration among the countries located in a region. to study the characteristics of the countries found in a region needs a model. the author suggests a pre-model for comparative study of regional const...

Beginning in 1999, a series of events generated speculation that the Chinese Party-state might be prepared to breathe new life into the country’s long dormant constitution. In recent years, as the Party-state has strictly limited constitutional adjudication and moved aggressively to contain some citizen constitutional activism, this early speculation has turned to pessimism about China’s consti...

In writing The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is, William H. Rehnquist becomes the first sitting Chief Justice to author a book that explains the workings of the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is not a treatise on constitutional doctrine; rather, it surveys the "borderland between American history and constitutional law" (p. 8). Chief Justice Rehnquist's book succeeds in providing the "int...

This article explores two assumptions about constitutional law and the form of practical reasoning inherent in constitutional argument and decision that have shaped the debate over originalism. The first assumption—adopted by originalists—is that constitutional reasoning is a formalistic process. Originalism’s critics tacitly describe a very different and less formalistic model. The second assu...

Book details S. Jasanoff (ed.), Reframing Rights: Bioconstitutionalism in the Genetic Age, Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2011: 310 pages, ISBN: 978-0-262-51627-3 Shelia Jasanoff ’s new edited volume on bioconstitutionalism provides an innovative and conceptually coherent analysis of the dynamic relationship between new technologies and constitutional frameworks. It is a most welcome introduction to ...

due to the british hegemony of iran in both pre- and post-constitutional revolutionary periods (1906-1911), the iranian legal system was expected to be influenced by british common law following the establishment of the modern government after the revolution. but it did not happen for various legal and non-legal reasons. a major legal reason could be iranians’ long history of acquaintance with ...

THE SOUTH AFRICAN TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY ENABLED SUCCESSFUL CLAIMS FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE CONSTITUTION AND IN LAW. THIS ARTICLE EXPLORES THAT TRANSITION WITH A FOCUS ON THE ENACTMENT OF A PROGRESSIVE ABORTION LAW; THE FEMINIST, RIGHTS AND PUBLIC HEALTH NARRATIVES THAT JUSTIFIED IT; AND THE MANNER IN WHICH IT TRANSFORMED CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL NORMS ABOUT WOMEN AND...

Current U.S. law on drug testing is reviewed in this article. The widespread practices of drug abuse and drug testing in the United States are reviewed in the initial section. Legal questions are posed concerning constitutional rights and the rights organized labor has won in the courts during the last century. Federal appellate case law, federal and state statutory law, and military law on dru...