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9780826217646

The Constitutionalism of American States

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    9780826217646

  • ISBN10:

    0826217648

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2008-01-31
  • Publisher: Univ of Missouri Pr
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Summary

Each chapter in this comparative study reflects the constitutional history and theory of a single state. The colonial aspect of the New England and Mid-Atlantic statesrs" history laid the foundation for national constitution-making. While North and South moved in distinct directions, the Border states wrestled with conflicting constitutional traditions in the same way that they wrestled with their place in the Union. The Midwest, united by the Northwest Ordinance, wrote constitutions defined by that actrs"s parameters while reflecting each staters"s unique culture and politics. The Plains states developed a constitutionalism historically rooted in progressivism and populism. The Mountain West states created their individual constitutional identities in spite of the geography which defined them. Western states borrowed heavily from older constitutions, but their contributors borrowed differently-and in different proportions-in order to craft uniquely adapted constitutions.

Table of Contents

Foreword: The Genesis of a Research Agenda; or, The Story of Four Unbidden Muses
Preface: The Constitutionalism of American States
New England States
The Slow Evolution of the "Constitution State"p. 3
The Maine Constitution: A Tradition of Consensusp. 23
The Massachusetts Constitution: Liberty and Equality in the Commonwealthp. 35
New Hampshire and the Constitutional Movementp. 50
Constitutionalism in Rhode Island: Continuity of Colonial Designp. 63
The Green Mountain Boys Constitute Vermontp. 77
Mid-Atlantic States
Pioneer and Outlier: Maryland Constitutionalism in Its Third Centuryp. 97
Constitutionalism in New Jersey: Constitutional Failures in a Changing Political Environmentp. 113
The New York Constitution: Emerging Principled in American Constitutional Thoughtp. 126
Pennsylvania: Virtue, Liberty, and Independencep. 146
Border States
Festina Lente: The Development of Constitutionalism in Delawarep. 163
Constitutionalism in Kentucky: Adapting an Archaic Charterp. 183
Missouri Constitutionalism: Meandering toward Progress, 1820-2004p. 202
The West Virginia Constitution: Securing the Popular Interestp. 216
Southern States
Political Geography and Power Elites: Big Mules and the Alabama Constitutionp. 235
Change and Continuity in Arkansas Politics after the 1874 Arkansas State Constitutional Conventionp. 251
Florida: Defining and Redefining Citizen and Communityp. 269
Georgia: Tectonic Plates Shiftingp. 287
The Louisiana Experience: Culture, Clashes, and Codificationp. 302
Custom, Culture, and Change: The Mississippi Constitutional Experiencep. 317
North Carolina: Fundamental Principlesp. 330
South Carolina: Defining Power, Defining Peoplep. 342
The Tennessee Constitution: An Unlikely Path toward Conservatismp. 353
The Texas Constitution: Formal and Informalp. 368
The Development of the Virginia Constitutionp. 384
Midwestern States
Understatement and the Development of Illinois Constitutionalismp. 401
Justice, Order, and Liberty: Responsible Citizenship in Indianap. 420
Michigan: Four Constitutions, Four New Beginningsp. 432
The Ohio Constitution: Normatively and Empirically Distinctivep. 447
Wisconsin: Rejection, Ratification, and the Evolution of a Peoplep. 460
The Plains States
The Iowa Constitution: Rights over Mechanicsp. 479
The Kansas Constitution: Conservative Politics through Republican Dominancep. 490
Framing Government for a Frontier Commonwealth: The Minnesota Constitution(s)p. 509
A Self-Righteous and Self-Sufficient Method for Governing: How the Nebraska Constitution Preserves a Way of Lifep. 529
North Dakota: A Constitution Implements Popular Democracyp. 549
Oklahoma's Statutory Constitutionp. 565
South Dakota's Constitution: Harkening Backward, Foreshadowing a Futurep. 580
Mountain West States
Two Sides of Colorado, Amplified through Constitutional Redesignp. 595
The Constitutional Idahoanp. 610
Montana: Community Denied, Constitutionalism Delayedp. 620
The Nevada State Constitution: From Polygamy to Prostitutionp. 635
Utah's Constitution: Distinctively Undistinctivep. 649
Wyoming: The Equality Statep. 666
Western States
The Alaska Constitution: Promoting Statehood, Providing Stabilityp. 685
Arizona's Constitution: The Madisonian Hope of a Western Progressive Statep. 697
The 1849 California Constitution: All Extraordinary Achievement by Dedicated, Ordinary Peoplep. 714
Hawaii: Centralization in a Multi-island Statep. 728
New Mexico's Constitution: Promoting Pluralism in La Tierra Encantadap. 743
Oregon's Constitution: A Political Richter Scalep. 756
Washington: The Past and Present Populist Statep. 771
Indexp. 785
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