The Law of American State Constitutions.

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The Law of American State

Constitutions

By Robert F. Williams

Written by Florida Bar member Robert Williams, The Law of American State Constitutions provides coverage of the legal doctrines surrounding, applying to, and arising from American state constitutions and their judicial interpretation.

Using specific examples from states and their constitutions, Williams, a professor at Rutgers School of Law, provides legal analysis of the nature and function of state constitutions by contrast to the federal Constitution, including rights, separation of powers, policy-based provisions, the judicial interpretation issues that arise under state constitutions, and the processes for their amendment and revision. Reference is...