Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the Supreme Court has the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions as legitimate and follow them, even when those decisions are highly unpopular? What must the Court do to maintain the public’s faith? How can it help make our democr...(展开全部)

The Supreme Court is one of the most extraordinary institutions in our system of government. Charged with the responsibility of interpreting the Constitution, the nine unelected justices of the Court have the awesome power to strike down laws enacted by our elected representatives. Why does the public accept the Court’s decisions as legitimate and follow them, even when those d...(展开全部)

罗伯特·D. 帕特南（Robert D. Putnam），当代西方著名政治学家，现任哈佛大学国际事务研究中心主任，肯尼迪政府学院公共政策马尔林讲座教授。他的主要研究领域是政治学、国际政治和公共政策，发表的著作包括《手拉手：西方七国峰会》、《独自打保龄：美国社会资本的衰减》。《使民主动转起来》这部专著奠定了帕特南在西方学术界的权威地位，他因之被誉为是与托克维尔、帕雷托和韦伯齐名的学术大家。

Why do some democratic governments succeed and others fail? In a book that has received attention from policymakers and civic activists in America and around the world, Robert Putnam and his collaborators offer empirical evidence for the importance of "civic community" in developing successful institutions. Their focus is on a unique experiment begun in 1970 when Italy created ...(展开全部)

A respected journalist gives a German’s-eye view of British soccer. What makes it special? Is English football really about manliness, hard work and fair play? And just why are they so hung up on beating the Germans?

Ancient Greece first coined the concept of "democracy," yet almost every major ancient Greek thinker-from Plato and Aristotle onwards- was ambivalent towards or even hostile to democracy in any form. The explanation for this is quite simple: the elite perceived majority power as tantamount to a dictatorship of the proletariat. In ancient Greece there can be traced not only the ...(展开全部)

◎著者简介 保罗·卡特利奇（Paul Cartledge）是一名英国的古代历史学家和学者。从2008年至2014年，他是剑桥大学A. G. 莱文蒂斯讲席古希腊文化教授，在此之前，他曾是剑桥大学古希腊历史讲席教授。他的主要研究方向是古典时期的雅典和斯巴达。他曾出版过《斯巴达人：一部英雄的史诗》《亚历山大大帝：寻找新的历史》等多部著作。

In their professional lives courtroom lawyers must do these two things well: speak persuasively and write persuasively. In this noteworthy book, two of the most noted legal writers of our day Justice Antonin Scalia and Bryan A. Garner systematically present every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way. Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judge...(展开全部)

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