The Constitution, that Delicate Balance

The Constitution, that Delicate Balance
Author: Fred W. Friendly
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1993
Genre: Constitutional law
ISBN: 9780075546122

Sixteen major Supreme Court cases on such topics as abortion and school prayer are discussed.

The Constitution of Knowledge

The Constitution of Knowledge
Author: Jonathan Rauch
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-06-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0815738870

Arming Americans to defend the truth from today's war on facts “In what could be the timeliest book of the year, Rauch aims to arm his readers to engage with reason in an age of illiberalism.” —Newsweek A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Disinformation. Trolling. Conspiracies. Social media pile-ons. Campus intolerance. On the surface, these recent additions to our daily vocabulary appear to have little in common. But together, they are driving an epistemic crisis: a multi-front challenge to America's ability to distinguish fact from fiction and elevate truth above falsehood. In 2016 Russian trolls and bots nearly drowned the truth in a flood of fake news and conspiracy theories, and Donald Trump and his troll armies continued to do the same. Social media companies struggled to keep up with a flood of falsehoods, and too often didn't even seem to try. Experts and some public officials began wondering if society was losing its grip on truth itself. Meanwhile, another new phenomenon appeared: “cancel culture.” At the push of a button, those armed with a cellphone could gang up by the thousands on anyone who ran afoul of their sanctimony. In this pathbreaking book, Jonathan Rauch reaches back to the parallel eighteenth-century developments of liberal democracy and science to explain what he calls the “Constitution of Knowledge”—our social system for turning disagreement into truth. By explicating the Constitution of Knowledge and probing the war on reality, Rauch arms defenders of truth with a clearer understanding of what they must protect, why they must do—and how they can do it. His book is a sweeping and readable description of how every American can help defend objective truth and free inquiry from threats as far away as Russia and as close as the cellphone.

Delicate Balance

Delicate Balance
Author: Jonathan Klaaren
Publisher: Siber Ink
Total Pages: 111
Release: 2006-06-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1920025839

This publication places into the public domain much of the content of the symposium 'A Delicate Balance: The place of the judiciary in a constitutional democracy' that the Wits Law School organized in November 2005 in honour of the former Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson. The symposium was a time and a space for the rigorous (and vigorous) exchange of views on what can be seen as the most crucially significant enterprise of the South African nation over the past ten years resulting from the struggle against apartheid-the writing, the interpreting, and the living of a constitution with rights for all those who live in a democratic South Africa.

The Delicate Balance

The Delicate Balance
Author: Chris Evans
Publisher: IBFD
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2011
Genre: Income tax
ISBN: 9087221037

Few aspects of revenue law generate stronger feelings than the exercise of discretionary power by tax administrations. A delicate balance often needs to be struck between the legitimate needs of revenue authorities and the equally legitimate interests and rights of taxpayers. On the one hand, the executive and administration need to have sufficient capacity to apply the law; on the other, there is a need to maintain the principle of the rule of law that it is the elected legislature, and not the executive or tax administration, that establishes tax burdens. The chapters in this volume explore that delicate balance. The Delicate Balance - Tax, Discretion and the Rule of Law considers the critical questions that arise from the intersections of tax, discretion and the rule of law in modern common and civil law jurisdictions: What do we mean by tax discretion and how does it vary in conceptual and practical terms in different tax regimes? -What role should discretion play in tax systems that operate under the rule of law and how large should that role be? -What are the legal, political, institutional and other constraints that can prevent abuse of discretion? -To what extent can, and should, the legislature safely delegate discretionary powers to tax administrations?

The Constitutional Canvas: India's Foundational Brushstrokes

The Constitutional Canvas: India's Foundational Brushstrokes
Author: Dhanraj Garwa
Publisher: OrangeBooks Publication
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2024-02-08
Genre: Education
ISBN:

"The Constitutional Canvas: India's Foundational Brushstrokes" - a captivating book that delves into the intricate world of constitutional law, authored by Dhanraj Garwa. This thought-provoking masterpiece offers a comprehensive exploration of the basic structure doctrine of the Indian Constitution. As a second-year law student, Dhanraj Garwa brings a fresh perspective to the table, combining academic rigor with a deep passion for constitutional law. With an impressive grasp of the subject matter, Garwa skillfully paints a vivid picture of India's constitutional landscape, highlighting its foundational principles and the key role they play in shaping the nation's governance.