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Constitutional Politics in the States
Contemporary Controversies and Historical Patterns
G. Alan Tarr
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Constitutional Politics in the States

Contemporary Controversies and Historical Patterns

G. Alan Tarr G. Alan Tarr

April 1996

Praeger

Series: Contributions in Legal Studies

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This edited volume examines state constitutional politics by analyzing the efforts of groups to use constitutional amendments and constitutional revisions to achieve their political goals; examining responses to controversial state constitutional rulings; and using case studies to explain the effect on substantive state policy.

The reliance on state declarations of rights to expand rights protections during the last two decades has highlighted the political importance of state constitutions. Yet, throughout American history up to the present day, state constitutions have been the battleground for fundamental political conflicts. This edited volume analyzes the efforts of various groups to achieve their ends via constitutional revision and constitutional amendments, examines the responses to controversial state constitutional rulings, and assesses the consequences of constitutional politics on substantive state policy.
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Acknowledgments
Introduction
Patterns in State Constitutional Politics
State Constitutional Politics: An Historical Perspective by G. Alan Tarr
Patterns in the Amending of American State Constitutions by Donald S. Lutz
Constitutional Amendment Through the Legislature in New York by Gerald Benjamin and Melissa Cusa
Case Studies: Campaigns for Constitutional Change
Creating a State Constitutional Right to Privacy: Unlikely Alliances, Uncertain Results by Rebecca Mae Salokar
The Politics of Term Limitations by John David Rausch, Jr.
Crime as a Boogeyman: Why Californians Changed Their Constitution to Include a "Victims' Bill of Rights" (And What It Really Did) by Candace McCoy
Case Studies: The Consequences of Constitutional Change
California's Constitutional Counterrevolution by Barry Latzer
School Finance and Inequality in New Jersey by Russell S. Harrison and G. Alan Tarr
Bibliographic Essay
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