The initiative : citizen lawmaking / / Joseph F. Zimmerman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814811503321
• Autore: Zimmerman Joseph Francis <1928->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5339-6
• Edizione: [Second edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 328.2/20973
• Soggetti: Referendum - United States
• 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: ""Contents ""; ""List of Illustrations ""; ""Preface ""; ""Acknowledgments ""; ""Chapter 1: Citizen Lawmaking ""; ""Origin and Spread of the Initiative""; ""The Initiative ""; ""Views of Advocates and Critics ""; ""Advocates ""; ""Critics ""; ""The Initiative and Democratic Lawmaking ""; ""Chapter 2: The Legal Foundation ""; ""Restrictions on Use ""; ""Judicial Interpretation ""; ""Petition Requirements ""; ""Conference with Sponsors ""; ""Ballot Title and Summary ""; ""Estimate of Cost ""; ""Printing of Petitions ""; ""Signature Requirements and Deadline ""; ""Paid Petition Circulators ""; ""Withdrawal of Signatures """"Petition Verification ""; ""Voter Information Pamphlets ""; ""A General or a Special Election? ""; ""Approval Requirements ""; ""Amendment and Repeal ""; ""Summary ""; ""Chapter 3: The Initiative in Court ""; ""Legal Issues ""; ""Scope of the Initiative Power ""; ""Resident Petitioner Circulators ""; ""Solicitation of Signatues on Postal Property ""; ""Petition and Handbill Circulators ""; ""Signature Solicitation on Private Property ""; ""Privacy of Petition Signers ""; ""Petition Signatures Requirements ""; ""Petition Fraud ""; ""Single Subject Requirement ""; ""Number of Ballot Questions """"Ballot Language ""; ""Congressional Preemption ""; ""State Preemption ""; ""Limited Constitutional Convention ""; ""Excluded Subjects ""; ""Legislative Reapportionment ""; ""Legislative Organization and Rules ""; ""Balanced Federal Budget ""; ""Initiative Campaign Finance ""; ""Financial Disclosure ""; ""Required Approval Majority ""; ""Equal Protection Rights ""; ""Radioactive Wastes ; ""; ""Summary ""; ""Chapter 4: Initiative Campaigns ""; ""State Initiative Propositions ""; ""Early Use ""; ""More Recent Use ""; ""Environmental Protection ""; ""Legislative Procedures """"Term Limits ""; ""Tax Limits ""; ""Cigarette Excise Tax ""; ""Homosexual Rights and Same-Sex Marriage ""; ""Undocumented Immigrants ""; ""Assisted Suicide ""; ""Medical Use of Marijuana ""; ""Affirmative Action ""; ""Bilingual Education ""; ""Minorities ""; ""Gambling ""; ""Gun Control ""; ""Campaign Finance ""; ""Eminent Domain ""; ""Local Initiative Propositions ""; ""Summary ""; ""Chapter 5: The Initiative: An Evaluation ""; ""Arguments in Favor ""; ""The Sovereign Citizen ""; ""More Representative Legislative Bodies ""; ""Facillitates Major Reforms ""; ""Enhanced Citizen Participation Opportunities """"Increased Citizen Interest in Public Affairs ""; ""Educational Function ""; ""Shorter Constitutions and Charters ""; ""Arguments in Opposition ""; ""An Undemocratic Process ""; ""Destruction of Distinction between Constitutional and Statutory Law ""; ""Two Coordinate Law-Making Bodies ""; ""Poorly Drafted Laws ""; ""Legislators Enact Better Laws ""; ""Propostions Poorly Coordinated with Other Statutes ""; ""Focus on Single Issues ""; ""Oversimplication of Issues ""; ""Campaigns Mislead the Public ""; ""Confusing Proposition Wording ""; ""Use by Special Interests ""