Hidden Laws: How State Constitutions Stabilize American Politics

Hidden Laws: How State Constitutions Stabilize American Politics
ISBN-10
0300258283
ISBN-13
9780300258288
Category
Political Science
Pages
468
Language
English
Published
2021-06-29
Publisher
Yale University Press
Author
Robinson Woodward-Burns

Description

How state constitutional reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development State constitution reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development. Using data sets and historical case studies, Robinson Woodward†‘Burns shows how the federal government has repeatedly deferred to state constitutional reform to manage or address difficult national constitutional controversies, including conflicts over the regulation of slavery, banking and taxation, women’s suffrage, labor and welfare rights, voting and civil rights, and gender discrimination.

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