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Autore: | Zimmerman Joseph Francis <1928-> |
Titolo: | The initiative : citizen lawmaking / / Joseph F. Zimmerman |
Pubblicazione: | Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014 |
©2014 | |
Edizione: | Second edition. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (250 p.) |
Disciplina: | 328.2/20973 |
Soggetto topico: | Referendum - United States |
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 "" | |
Titolo autorizzato: | The initiative |
ISBN: | 1-4384-5339-6 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910787296203321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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