1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910697689103321

Autore

Orszag Peter R

Titolo

Issues in designing a cap-and-trade program for carbon dioxide emissions [[electronic resource] ] : statement of Peter R. Orszag, Director, before the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : U.S. Congressional Budget Office, , [2008]

Descrizione fisica

20 unnumbered pages : digital, PDF file

Collana

Congressional Budget Office testimony

Soggetti

Carbon dioxide mitigation - United States

Carbon dioxide sinks

Carbon sequestration - United States

Greenhouse gas mitigation - United States

Global warming

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from title screen (viewed on Sept 19, 2008).

"September 18, 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910784157303321

Titolo

America and Enlightenment constitutionalism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gary L. McDowell and Johnathan O'Neill

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36081-3

9786611360818

0-230-60106-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2006.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Studies of the Americas

Altri autori (Persone)

McDowellGary L. <1949->

O'NeillJohnathan G (Johnathan George)

Disciplina

342.7302/9

Soggetti

Constitutional history - United States

Constitutional law - United States - European influences

Enlightenment

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Enlightenment Philosophy and Constitutionalism; Chapter 1 Recovering (From) Enlightenment?; Chapter 2 The Positivization of Natural Rights; Chapter 3 Epicureanism and the Enlightenment; Chapter 4 Preface to Liberalism: Locke's First Treatise and the Bible; Chapter 5 Montesquieu and the Constitution of Liberty; Part II: The Enlightenment and the Constitution in America; Chapter 6 The American Enlightenment; Chapter 7 Enlightenment and Experience: The Virginia Constitution of 1776; Chapter 8 Nation-Making and the American Constitutional Process

Chapter 9 Ticklish Experiments: The Paradox of American ConstitutionalismChapter 10 James Madison and the Idea of Fundamental Law; Contributors; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; P; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

Please note this is a 'Palgrave to Order' title (PTO). Stock of this book requires shipment from an overseas supplier. It will be delivered to you within 12 weeks. This book shows in detail the Enlightenment origin of the US Constitution. It provides vivid analysis of how the



Enlightenment's basic ideas were reformulated in the context of America.