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Record Nr.

UNINA9910958207103321

Titolo

State constitutions for the twenty-first century . Volume 1 The politics of state constitutional reform / / edited by G. Alan Tarr and Robert F. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Albany, : State University of New York Press, c2006

ISBN

9780791482452

0791482456

9781423748564

1423748565

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

SUNY series in American constitutionalism

Altri autori (Persone)

TarrG. Alan (George Alan)

WilliamsRobert F <1945-> (Robert Forrest)

Disciplina

342.7303

Soggetti

Constitutional law - United States - States

Law reform - United States - 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

Constitutional revision in Florida : planning, politics, policy, and publicity / Rebecca Mae Salokar -- Constitutional revision in California : the triumph of amendment over revision / Bruce E. Cain -- Adopting a new constitution : lessons from Virginia / A. E. Dick Howard -- Constitutional reform in Alabama : long time in coming / H. Bailey Thomson -- The mandatory constitutional convention question referendum : the New York experience in national context / Gerald Benjamin -- Direct democracy and constitutional reform : campaign finance initiatives in Colorado / Anne G. Campbell.

Sommario/riassunto

The first systematic analysis of the obstacles to state constitutional reform.