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California's Constitution has been one of the most influential state constitutions historically and has been amended and interpreted in many different ways. This definitive and easy-to-use reference by a former justice of California's Supreme Court and two colleagues at Hastings College of Law should be a standard guide for lawyers, students, scholars, and for the citizenry to use in considering how to vote on ballot questions.
The volume opens with an overview of the development of the constitution since the early days and then provides an article-by-article and section-by-section analysis and full text of this body of law under which the state is governed. A selected bibliography, a table of cases, and a full index make this invaluable reference useful to a broad interdisciplinary audience for varied use.
Synopsis
California's Constitution has been one of the most influential constitutions in the nation and has been amended and interpreted in many different ways. This definitive, easy-to-use reference by distinguished scholars should be a standard guide for lawyers, students, and for the citizenry in considering their votes on ballot questions. The constitutional history gives a solid overview of the development of this fundamental body of law and the article-by-article commentary with text provides incisive analysis. The short bibliography, table of cases, and full index increase the usefulness of this authoritative reference.
Synopsis
California's Constitution has been one of the most influential state constitutions historically and has been amended and interpreted in many different ways. This definitive and easy-to-use reference by a former justice of California's Supreme Court and two colleagues at Hastings College of Law should be a standard guide for lawyers, students, scholars, and for the citizenry to use in considering how to vote on ballot questions. The volume opens with an overview of the development of the constitution since the early days and then provides an article-by-article and section-by-section analysis and full text of this body of law under which the state is governed. A selected bibliography, a table of cases, and a full index make this invaluable reference useful to a broad interdisciplinary audience for varied use.
Synopsis
This definitive easy-to-use reference by distinguished scholars provides a solid overview of the development of this influential state constitution and authoritative analysis of this fundamental body of law on an article-by-article basis.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-341) and index.
About the Author
JOSEPH R. GRODIN, former Associate Justice, California Supreme Court, and Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, University of California, is also the author of In Pursuit of Justice (1989), among many other works dealing with state constitutional practice.CALVIN R. MASSEY, Associate Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, teaches state constitutional law and American constitutional history and has written at length on constitutional issues.RICHARD B. CUNNINGHAM, Professor of Law, Hastings College of Law, is a former attorney with the federal Office of Chief Engineers and has written at length on regulations dealing with resources and environmental matters.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Chief Justice Malcolm M. Lucas
The Constitutional History of California
The American Acquisition of California: "Cry Aloud for Independence!"
The 1849 Constitution and California Statehood: "Born in different climes,...assembled...as Californians"
The 1879 Constitution: "A sort of mixture of constitution, code, stump speech, and mandamus"
The Progressive Movement: "Give us a square deal for Christ's sake"
Constitutional Change after the Progressive Movement: "Constant amendment has produced an instrument bad in form"
The Rise and Threatened Decline of an Independent California Constitution: "Rights guaranteed by this Constitution are not dependent on those guaranteed by the United States Constitution"
The California Constitution and Commentary
Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index