Tennesseans pioneered innovations in self-government beginning in
1772, and they have continued to do so since the enactment of their
first formal constitution in 1796. Over time, Tennessee has adopted,
abolished, and changed it's constitution as political and social needs
demanded and allowed. In _The Tennessee State Constitution_, Lewis L.
Laska provides a comprehensive introduction to Tennessee's
constitution including a history of its development beginning in the
1700s, article-by-article commentary on the constitution itself, and
an extensive bibliography of Tennessee constitutional history. This
essential guide to the Tennessee constitution also presents valuable
commentary on the constitution's preamble and 11 articles including
the declaration of rights, the distribution of powers, the executive
department, elections, impeachments, the judicial department, state
and county officers, militia, disqualification, oaths, bribery of
electors, new counties, and miscellaneous provisions. Also included
are an annotated bibliography of Tennessee constitutional history
including references to pre-statehood compacts, the constitutions of
1796 and 1835, the Civil War, Reconstruction and the 1865 amendments,
the constitution of 1870, attempted constitutional reform, and five
constitutional conventions from 1953 to 1977. A table of cases
completes this unsurpassed reference guide that will be referred to
and relied upon by constitutional scholars and students as well as
legal historians. 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 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 its
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.
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ISBN
9780199877980
Publisert
2020
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Oxford University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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