The constitutionalism of American states
"This comparative study of state constitutions offers insightful overviews of the general and specific problems that have confronted America's constitution writers since the country's founding. Each chapter reflects the constitutional theory and history of a single state, encompassing each document's structure, content, and evolution"--Provided by publisher
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The slow evolution of the "constitution state" / Elizabeth Beaumont
The Maine Constitution : a tradition of consensus / Kenneth T. Palmer and Jonathan Thomas
The Massachusetts Constitution : liberty and equality in the commonwealth / Kenneth L. Manning
New Hampshire and the constitutional movement / B. Thomas Schuman
Constitutionalism in Rhode Island : continuity of colonial design / Elmer Cornwell
The green mountain boys constitute Vermont / Celise Schneider
Pioneer and outlier : Maryland constitutionalism in its third century / Thomas F. Schaller
Constitutionalism in New Jersey : constitutional failures in a changing political environment / Melissa Scheier
The New York Constitution : emerging principles in American constitutional thought / Howard L. Lubert
Pennsylvania : virtue, liberty, and independence / Jeffrey P. Bauman
Festina lente : the development of constitutionalism in Delaware / Carol E. Hoffecker and Barbara E. Benson
Constitutionalism in Kentucky : adapting an archaic charter / Penny M. Miller and Amanda L. Cooper
Missouri constitutionalism : meandering toward progress, 1820-2004 / Ronald Brecke and Greg Plumb
The West Virginia Constitution : securing the popular interest / Robert E. DiClerico
Political geography and power elites : big mules and the Alabama Constitution / Anne Permaloff and Carl Grafton
Change and continuity in Arkansas politics after the 1874 Arkansas State Constitutional Convention / Franklyn C. Niles
Florida : defining and redefining citizen and community / Rebecca Mae Salokar
Georgia : tectonic plates shifting / Melvin B. Hill, Jr. and LaVerne Williamson Hill
The Louisiana experience : culture, clashes, and codification / Amy Gossett
Custom, culture, and change : the Mississippi constitutional experience / Angela K. Lewis
North Carolina : fundamental principles / John V. Orth
South Carolina : defining power, defining people / Kevin Hill
The Tennessee Constitution : an unlikely path toward conservatism / Lewis L. Laska
The Texas Constitution : formal and informal / James E. Anderson
The development of the Virginia Constitution / John J. Dinan
Understatement and the development of Illinois constitutionalism / Jeremy Walling
Justice, order, and liberty : responsible citizenship in Indiana / Jordon B. Barkalow
Michigan : four constitutions, four new beginnings / David Houghton
The Ohio Constitution : normatively and empirically distinctive / James L. Walker
Wisconsin : rejection, ratification, and the evolution of a people / John Zumbrunnen
The Iowa Constitution : rights over mechanics / Donald P. Racheter
The Kansas constitution : conservative politics through republican dominance / Francis H. Heller and Paul D. Schumaker
Framing government for a frontier commonwealth : the Minnesota Constitution(s) / Barbara Allen
A self-righteous and self-sufficient method for governing : how the Nebraska Constitution preserves a way of life / Christopher W. Larimer
North Dakota : a constitution implements popular democracy / Theodore B. Pedeliski
Oklahoma's statutory constitution / Ronald M. Peters, Jr. and Michael K. Avery
South Dakota's constitution : harkening backward, foreshadowing a future / Michael Mullin and Jon Lauck
Two sides of Colorado, amplified through constitutional redesign / Vicky Bollenbacher
The constitutional Idahoan / Dennis C. Colson
Montana : community denied, constitutionalism delayed / George E. Connor
The Nevada state constitution : from polygamy to prostitution / Roberta Q. Herzberg
Utah's constitution : distinctly undistinctive / Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Christine M. Durham, and Kathy Wyer
Wyoming : the equality state / Brian A. Ellison
The Alaska Constitution : promoting statehood, providing stability / Sally H. Campbell
Arizona's constitution : the Madisonian hope of a western progressive state / Hans L. Eicholz
The 1849 California Constitution : an extraordinary achievement by dedicated, ordinary people / Gordon Lloyd
Hawaii : centralization in a multi-island state / Anne Feder Lee
New Mexico's constitution : promoting pluralism in la tierra encantada / John Bretting and F. Chris Garcia
Oregon's constitution : a political richter scale / Howard Leichter
Washington : the past and present populist state / Hugh D. Spitzer
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