Constitutional Politics in the States: Contemporary Controversies and Historical Patterns

G. Alan Tarr

Apr 1996 · Greenwood Publishing Group

About this ebook

The reliance on state declarations of rights to expand rights protections during the last two decades has highlighted the political importance of state constitutions. Yet, throughout American history up to the present day, state constitutions have been the battleground for fundamental political conflicts. This edited volume analyzes the efforts of various groups to achieve their ends via constitutional revision and constitutional amendments, examines the responses to controversial state constitutional rulings, and assesses the consequences of constitutional politics on substantive state policy.

About the author

G. ALAN TARR is Director of the Council for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University-Camden. He is author and coauthor of several books in judicial politics, including rican Constitutional Law, 4th Edition95), and te Supreme Courts in State and Nation88). He also serves as series editor on Reference Guides to the State Constitutions in the United States, published by Greenwood Press.