Who Decides? States As Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation.

Who Decides? States As Laboratories of Constitutional Experimentation.

In Who Decides, Jeffrey S. Sutton makes the case that American Constitutional Law should account for the role of the state courts and state constitutions, together with the federal courts and the federal constitution, in establishing the structure of our 51 American governments. An underappreciation...

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Main Author: Sutton, Jeffrey S. (Jeffrey Stuart), 1960-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO, 2021.
Subjects:
Constitutional law > United States > States.
Constitutional amendments > United States > States.
Constitutional history > United States > States.
Federal government > United States.
Constitutional amendments > U.S. states
Constitutional history > U.S. states
Constitutional law > U.S. states
Federal government
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Who Decides?
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • 1. Umpiring and Gerrymandering
  • 2. Judicial Review
  • 3. Judicial Selection
  • 4. Are You a Territorial Judge or a Territorial Lawyer?
  • 5. One Chief Executive or Many?
  • 6. Administrative Law
  • 7. State Legislatures and Distrust
  • 8. Trying to Make Legislatures More Representative
  • 9. Local Governments
  • 10. Amending Constitutions to Meet Changing Circumstances
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Index.

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