Minority Report Of The Joint Special Committee On Constitutional Changes

Made To The General Assembly At Its January Session, A.D. 1887

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20 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A dissenting voice inside a legislature can alter the course of a constitution. Minority voices often reshape constitutions. "Minority Report Of The Joint Special Committee On Constitutional Changes: Made To The General Assembly At Its January Session, A.D. 1887" preserves such a moment. As a state legislative committee report emerging from gilded age state government, it distils the arguments, anxieties, and principles at stake in state constitutional reform debates and american constitutional change. As a nineteenth century government document and constitutional law primary source, it stands alongside state constitutional convention records as a vital witness to how power, representation, and rights were negotiated on the floor of a legislature. For legal historians and for political science research, this meticulous minority report opens a window onto 1880s american politics, legislative oversight and reform, and the practical craft of constitution-making in the United States. Scholars, students, and general readers building a us constitutional history collection will find a rare blend of immediacy and depth: the language of lawmakers thinking aloud, preserving their reasoning for posterity. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

• ISBN: 9789354484186
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.03.2021
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Alpha Edition