The second edition of The Law of American State Constitutions provides complete coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation. Drawing on examples from specific states, Professors Williams and Friedman analyze the nature and function of state constitutions in contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, issues of interpretation, and the processes for amendment and revision. In this edition, Williams and Friedman focus on recent developments, including the state constitutional dimensions of same-sex marriage and the reaction of state courts to U.S. Supreme Court decision making.\nThis edition of The Law of American State Constitutions remains an important analytical tool that explains the unique character and the range of interpretive approaches to these constitutions. It covers the structure of state governments under state constitutions as well as the distribution of powers among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Like the first edition, this edition presents a complete picture of state constitutional law and the attributes and features that make this body of law so distinctive.

The Law of American State Constitutions

Friedman, Lawrence

Williams, Robert F.

Administrative Law

Oxford University Press

The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of New Jersey's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of New Jersey's constitution.\nState constitutions perform different functions and contain different provisions from the more-familiar U.S. Constitution. The book first outlines the historical development of New Jersey's state constitution from 1776 to the present and explains the highlights of the process of state constitutional development, leading to the current New Jersey constitution. Next, each section of the current constitution is analyzed, including its origins, general intent and purpose, and important judicial interpretations illustrating the types of situations in which the section can come into play, including references to key academic analysis of each section. Careful explanation is provided, with illustrations from cases, of the complex and evolving relationship between rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and rights guaranteed by the New Jersey constitution. In many instances, New Jersey's rights can be more protective than those included in the Federal Constitution. Finally, the book provides 
a thorough bibliographical essay reviewing the evolution of the New Jersey constitution.

The New Jersey State Constitution (Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States)

History

Chen, Ronald K.

Americas

Williams launches our new series with this guide to the state constitution of New Jersey. His volume treats New Jersey's constitutional development since statehood. covering the constitutions of 1776, 1844, up to and including the current constitution written in 1947. Through this in-depth study, Williams is able to provide important insight into the broader issues of New Jersey's political, economic, and social growth. The book's first part traces the constitution's development since statehood, and a second part is a thorough section-by-section analysis of the current constitution. a useful purchase for libraries that specialize in constitutional matters or that want a reference source on their state. Library Journal
Robert F. Williams launches our new series Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States with this guide to the New Jersey State Constitution. The New Jersey Constitution is strictly a basic constitutional document, not a code of laws. It remains unblemished and envied. State constitutions have been referred to as `mine(s) of instruction for the natural history of democratic communities.' This in-depth study of New Jersey's constitutional development provides an important insight into the broader issues of New Jersey's political, economic, and social growth. In Part I Williams traces the constitutional development from statehood in 1776 followed by a thorough analysis of the current constitution in Part II.
With forewords by G. Alan Tarr and former New Jersey Governor and Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes, Williams' The New Jersey State Constitution: A Reference Guide covers the historical development of the constitutions of 1776, 1844, the Constitutional Commission of 1873, and the current constitution written in 1947. The volume then provides a section-by-section analysis of the present day constitution.

The New Jersey State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States)

Rules & Procedures

Greenwood Pub Group

New; flawless. See scans and description. Charlottesville, VA: Lexis Law Publishing, 1999. State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials, by Robert F. Williams. ISBN 0327013427. Hefty Quarto, red cloth boards with gilt imprinting on front cover and spine, 1,249 pp. (xl + 1209 ). New; immaculate, cover to cover. See scans. Ships in a new, sturdy, protective box, of course - not a bag. LT27

State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials

Constitutional Law

Lexis Law Pub.

Memoirs Of Horace Walpole And His Contemporaries V1: Including Original Letters Chiefly From Strawberry Hill

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Memoirs of Horace Walpole and His Contemporaries: Including Original Letters Chiefly from Strawberry Hill

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Kessinger Pub Co

Identifies problems reformers face in drafting or amending state constitutions. Constitutional reform requires not only good ideas but also the ability to translate those ideas into language that will effectuate the drafters’ aims. This book―the second of three volumes on state constitutions―is the essential guide for those involved in constitutional reform. It identifies the recurrent problems that reformers face in drafting or amending state constitutions and explores how those problems might be addressed. It also explains why drafting state constitutions is a distinctive enterprise, different from the drafting of other legal documents.

State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Vol. 2: Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions, and Amendments (SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism)

Grad, Frank P.

State Univ of New York Pr

Identifies problems reformers face in drafting or amending state constitutions.Constitutional reform requires not only good ideas but also the ability to translate those ideas into language that will effectuate the drafters’ aims. This book―the second of three volumes on state constitutions―is the essential guide for those involved in constitutional reform. It identifies the recurrent problems that reformers face in drafting or amending state constitutions and explores how those problems might be addressed. It also explains why drafting state constitutions is a distinctive enterprise, different from the drafting of other legal documents.

State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century: Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions, And Amendments (2) (Suny Series in American Constitutionalism)

State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 1 The Politics of State Constitutional Reform State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 2 Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions, and Amendments State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Volume 3 The Agenda of State Constitutional Reform

State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century, Vols. 1, 2 & 3

Tarr, G. Alan

State University of New York Press

This comprehensive reference guide provides an in-depth study of New Jersey's constitution. The year 1997 marks the fiftieth anniversary of New Jerseys wellregarded state constitution. State constitutions, although the highest source of law within a state, are not well understood by citizens, government officials, historians, political scientists, lawyers, or even judges. This book is the first single volume to combine a detailed review of New Jersey's constitutional history and analysis of each section of the current constitution. It is the standard work on New Jersey constitutional development and law. Divided into two parts, the book first covers the historical development of the constitutions of 1776, 1844, the Constitutional Commission of 1873, and the current constitution written in 1947. It then traces the origins and major judicial interpretations of each section of the present-day constitution. It concludes with an exhaustive bibliographical essay which organizes the most complete listing of primary and secondary sources to date.

The New Jersey State Constitution: A Reference Guide

Rutgers University Press

First published in 1962, Negroes with Guns is the story of a southern black community's struggle to arm itself in self-defense against the Ku Klux Klan and other racist groups. Frustrated and angered by violence condoned or abetted by the local authorities against blacks, the small community of Monroe, North Carolina, brought the issue of armed self-defense to the forefront of the civil rights movement. The single most important intellectual influence on Huey P. Newton, the founder of the Black Panther Party, Negroes with Guns is a classic story of a man who risked his life for democracy and freedom.

Negroes with Guns (African American Life)

Wayne State University Press

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