State Constitutions of the United States

ISBN-13: 9781933116259 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 592 str.

Robert L. Maddex

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State Constitutions of the United States provides important specific and comparative information on the constitutions of the 50 states as well as the U.S. territories -- American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Puerto Rico.

Arranged alphabetically by state, with the territories following, each profile begins with a brief background and covers all important aspects of the state's or territory's constitution: its history and influences; fundamental rights; division of powers; the legislative, executive, and judicial branches; amendment procedures; and provisions concerning such critical issues and policies as direct democracy, education, environment, health and welfare, local government, and taxation and finance.

An introductory essay, comparative charts, a glossary, a bibliography of print and Internet sources, an appendix containing the U.S. and model state constitutions, and an index give readers the best available tool to understand how state constitutions and the rights they provide for shape the lives of citizens throughout America.