Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 438 g
Reihe: Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States
Buch, Englisch, 180 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 438 g
Reihe: Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States
ISBN: 978-0-19-977899-7
Verlag: ACADEMIC
Includes an account of Kansas's constitutional evolution, allowing readers to see the progression of legislation in its historical context
Provides a provision-by-provision commentary of the state constitution of Kansas and includes analysis of Kansas's current constitution, providing an essential reference guide to understanding this important document
Formally, Kansas still operates under a constitution dating from 1959. However, ist present day basic law differs importantly from the original text. In The Kansas State Constitution, Francis H. Heller offers an unprecedented explanation of Kansas's experience with "incremental revision."
In The Kansas State Constitution, Francis H. Heller carefully traces the history and development of the Kansas state constitution. Heller includes the constitutional text in ist entirety and offers accompanying descriptions of specific constitutional provisions. These descriptions provide readers with important information about the origins each provision, as well as ways in which the courts and other governmental bodies have interpreted them. A bibliographical essay describing the most important sources of the constitutional history and constitutional law of Kansas, making this an indispensable for students, scholars, and practitioners of Kansas's constitution. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series. This title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States.
The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important new series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of ist current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research.
Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.
Zielgruppe
Law students, practitioners, and all readers interested in state constitutional issues and the history of Kansas's statehood.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Series Foreword by G. Alan Tarr
Foreword by Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum
The Constitutional History of Kansas
First Efforts to Write a Constitution
The Wyandotte Constitution
Sources of the Wyandotte Constitution
Last Steps on the Road to Statehood
Adapting the Constitution
The Political Climate of the New State
Correcting Errors: The First Two Amendments
Suffrage and Elections
The Executive Branch
The Legislative Branch
The Judicial Branch
Local Government
Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Prohibition
Taxation
Corporations
Highways and Public Works
Welfare
Labor
Summary Observations
Wholesale Revision by the Incremental Method
Post-1974 Amendments
The Kansas Constitution and Commentary
Articles
Executive
Legislative
Judiciary
Elections
Suffrage
Education
Public Institutions and Welfare
Militia
County and Township Organization
Apportionment of the Legislature
Finance and Taxation
Corporations
Banks
Constitutional Amendment and Revision
Miscellaneous
Index
