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Author Grodin, Joseph R

Title The California state constitution / Joseph R. Grodin, Calvin R. Massey, and Richard B. Cunningham ; foreword by Malcolm M. Lucas
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2011]
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Description 1 online resource (xxv, 390 pages)
Series The Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States
Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States.
Contents The history of the California Constitution -- The California Constitution and commentary
Summary The California Constitution is one of the longest in the world and has been revised over 500 times since its original drafting in 1849. In its current incarnation, the constitution reflects the state's mistrust of elected officials, gives cities and towns broad home rule powers, and outlines governance for the state's university system. The California State Constitution provides an outstanding constitutional and historical account of the state's basic governing charter. In addition to an overview of California's constitutional history, it offers an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-365) and index
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Subject Constitutions -- California
Constitutional law -- California
Constitutional history -- California
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
Constitutional history
Constitutional law
Constitutions
California
Form Electronic book
Author Massey, Calvin R
Cunningham, Richard B
California. Constitution (1879)
ISBN 9780199877867
0199877866
1306267757
9781306267755