Hidden laws : how state constitutions stabilize American politics /

"State constitution reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development. Using data sets and historical case studies, Robinson Woodward-Burns shows how the federal government has repeatedly deferred to state constitutional reform to manage or address difficult nationa...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Woodward-Burns, Robinson (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2021]
Subjects:
Constitutions > United States > States.
Constitutional law > United States > States.
Constitutional history > United States.
Constitutions > États-Unis > États.
Histoire constitutionnelle > États-Unis.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / State.
Constitutional history
Constitutional law > U.S. states
Constitutions > U.S. states
Politics and government
United States > Politics and government.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Rethinking American constitutional development
  • First conventions, 1760-1791
  • Antebellum consensus, 1792-1849
  • State reconstruction, 1850-1877
  • Progressive experimentation, 1878-1931
  • Welfare states, 1932-1979
  • Contemporary constitutionalism, 1980-2020
  • Appendix A: State constitutional revision assemblies, 1776-2020
  • Appendix B: State constitutions and the Declaration of Independence, January-July 1776
  • Appendix C: State constitutional slavery and Reconstruction clauses, 1776-1877.

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