Author: G. Alan TarrPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791466148
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The first systematic analysis of the obstacles to state constitutional reform.
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 1
Author: G. Alan TarrPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791466148
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The first systematic analysis of the obstacles to state constitutional reform.
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 3
Author: G. Alan TarrPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791467121
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Nationally recognized experts analyze how states deal with major constitutional issues.
Understanding State Constitutions
Author: G. Alan TarrPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9780691070667
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
The distinctiveness of state constitutionalism -- Explaining state constitutional development -- Eighteenth-century state constitutionalism -- Nineteenth-century state constitutionalism -- Twentieth-century state constitutionalism -- State constitutional interpretation.
Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places
Author: Emily ZackinPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 069115578X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Unlike many national constitutions, which contain explicit positive rights to such things as education, a living wage, and a healthful environment, the U.S. Bill of Rights appears to contain only a long list of prohibitions on government. American constitutional rights, we are often told, protect people only from an overbearing government, but give no explicit guarantees of governmental help. Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places argues that we have fundamentally misunderstood the American rights tradition. The United States actually has a long history of enshrining positive rights in its constitutional law, but these rights have been overlooked simply because they are not in the federal Constitution. Emily Zackin shows how they instead have been included in America's state constitutions, in large part because state governments, not the federal government, have long been primarily responsible for crafting American social policy. Although state constitutions, seemingly mired in trivial detail, can look like pale imitations of their federal counterpart, they have been sites of serious debate, reflect national concerns, and enshrine choices about fundamental values. Zackin looks in depth at the history of education, labor, and environmental reform, explaining why America's activists targeted state constitutions in their struggles for government protection from the hazards of life under capitalism. Shedding much-needed light on the variety of reasons that activists pursued the creation of new state-level rights, Looking for Rights in All the Wrong Places challenges us to rethink our most basic assumptions about the American constitutional tradition.
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 1
Author: Robert F. WilliamsPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 0791482456
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Through illuminating case studies of reform efforts in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, New York, and Virginia, this book—the first of three volumes—provides the first systematic analysis of the political obstacles to state constitutional reform. For those seeking constitutional reform, this useful resource can spell the difference between success and failure, and for those interested in state politics or constitutional politics, it offers rare insight into a distinctive aspect of American constitutionalism. Written by eminent scholars who were, in many cases, also active participants in the reform campaign, the essays provide practical experience, expert analysis, and lessons for future constitutional reformers.
Toward A More Perfect Union
Author: Neil L. YorkPublisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438424671
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Toward a More Perfect Union is the last of a three-volume series examining the Constitution—as it was drafted and ratified, and the uses made of it over the past two hundred years. Each volume includes essays first presented at conferences on the Bicentennial of the Constitution held at Brigham Young University in 1985, 1986, and 1987, and several additional essays written especially for these anthologies.
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volumes 1, 2 & 3
Author: G. Alan TarrPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 0791480550
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 1 The Politics of State Constitutional Reform State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 2 Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions, and Amendments State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 3 The Agenda of State Constitutional Reform
The First American Constitutions
Author: Willi Paul AdamsPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN: 0742580105
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 401
Book Description
For the last twenty years this book has been cited by every serious writer on early American constitutional development. Any constitutional history of the independent United States must begin with this comprehensive study. Professor Adams combines a European perspective and a thorough knowledge of the antecedents of 1787 to create an insightful analysis of the replacement by the revolutionary generation of one government by another by—they thought—'constitutional' means. Acting for 'the people' in 11 of the 13 rebelling states, various kinds of self-empowered committees, 'congresses,' or 'conventions' created new constitutions and a system in which the states dominated over the weaker Confederation government. This volume contains two new chapters: one demonstrating precedents in the state constitutions for the U.S. Constitution, and another chapter critically testing the 'republicanism over liberalism' thesis against political ideas and institutional arrangements that constitute the first state constitutions. The bibliography has been updated to include the rich body of work written during the last two decades, much of it indebted to this pioneering study.
State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 1
Author: Robert F. WilliamsPublisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791466131
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
The first systematic analysis of the obstacles to state constitutional reform.
The Law of American State Constitutions
Author: Robert WilliamsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199711305
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Law of American State Constitutions provides complete coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation. Using specific examples, Professor Williams provides legal analysis of the nature and function of state constitutions by contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, policy-based provisions, the judicial interpretation issues that arise under state constitutions and the processes for their amendment and revision. Reference is made to history and political theory, but legal analysis is the primary focus. The Law of American State Constitutions provides an important analytical tool that explains the unique character and the range of judicial interpretation of these constitutions, together with the specialized techniques of argument and interpretation surrounding state constitutions. This is the first book to present a complete picture of the current body of state constitutional law and its judicial interpretation.
