The constitutionalism of American states (Univ. of Missouri Press, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and index
The slow evolution of the "constitution state" / Elizabeth Beaumont -- The Maine Constitution : a tradition of consensus / Kenneth T. Palmer and Jonathan Thomas -- The Massachusetts Constitution : liberty and equality in the commonwealth / Kenneth L. Manning -- New Hampshire and the constitutional movement / B. Thomas Schuman -- Constitutionalism in Rhode Island : continuity of colonial design / Elmer Cornwell -- The green mountain boys constitute Vermont / Celise Schneider -- Pioneer and outlier : Maryland constitutionalism in its third century / Thomas F. Schaller -- Constitutionalism in New Jersey : constitutional failures in a changing political environment / Melissa Scheier -- The New York Constitution : emerging principles in American constitutional thought / Howard L. Lubert -- Pennsylvania : virtue, liberty, and independence / Jeffrey P. Bauman -- Festina lente : the development of constitutionalism in Delaware / Carol E. Hoffecker and Barbara E. Benson --
Constitutionalism in Kentucky : adapting an archaic charter / Penny M. Miller and Amanda L. Cooper -- Missouri constitutionalism : meandering toward progress, 1820-2004 / Ronald Brecke and Greg Plumb -- The West Virginia Constitution : securing the popular interest / Robert E. DiClerico -- Political geography and power elites : big mules and the Alabama Constitution / Anne Permaloff and Carl Grafton -- Change and continuity in Arkansas politics after the 1874 Arkansas State Constitutional Convention / Franklyn C. Niles -- Florida : defining and redefining citizen and community / Rebecca Mae Salokar -- Georgia : tectonic plates shifting / Melvin B. Hill, Jr. and LaVerne Williamson Hill -- The Louisiana experience : culture, clashes, and codification / Amy Gossett -- Custom, culture, and change : the Mississippi constitutional experience / Angela K. Lewis -- North Carolina : fundamental principles / John V. Orth -- South Carolina : defining power, defining people / Kevin Hill --
The Tennessee Constitution : an unlikely path toward conservatism / Lewis L. Laska -- The Texas Constitution : formal and informal / James E. Anderson -- The development of the Virginia Constitution / John J. Dinan -- Understatement and the development of Illinois constitutionalism / Jeremy Walling -- Justice, order, and liberty : responsible citizenship in Indiana / Jordon B. Barkalow -- Michigan : four constitutions, four new beginnings / David Houghton -- The Ohio Constitution : normatively and empirically distinctive / James L. Walker -- Wisconsin : rejection, ratification, and the evolution of a people / John Zumbrunnen -- The Iowa Constitution : rights over mechanics / Donald P. Racheter -- The Kansas constitution : conservative politics through republican dominance / Francis H. Heller and Paul D. Schumaker -- Framing government for a frontier commonwealth : the Minnesota Constitution(s) / Barbara Allen --
A self-righteous and self-sufficient method for governing : how the Nebraska Constitution preserves a way of life / Christopher W. Larimer -- North Dakota : a constitution implements popular democracy / Theodore B. Pedeliski -- Oklahoma's statutory constitution / Ronald M. Peters, Jr. and Michael K. Avery -- South Dakota's constitution : harkening backward, foreshadowing a future / Michael Mullin and Jon Lauck -- Two sides of Colorado, amplified through constitutional redesign / Vicky Bollenbacher -- The constitutional Idahoan / Dennis C. Colson -- Montana : community denied, constitutionalism delayed / George E. Connor -- The Nevada state constitution : from polygamy to prostitution / Roberta Q. Herzberg -- Utah's constitution : distinctly undistinctive / Daniel J.H. Greenwood, Christine M. Durham, and Kathy Wyer -- Wyoming : the equality state / Brian A. Ellison -- The Alaska Constitution : promoting statehood, providing stability / Sally H. Campbell --