The Connecticut State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States) [Hardcover]

Wesley W. Horton (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0313285659 | ISBN-13: 978-0313285653 | Publication Date: June 30, 1993

This is the first comprehensive analysis of the Connecticut Constitution and its individual provisions. Horton also offers a historical overview of the development of the constitution and discusses cases of importance and the reasoning behind them. He provides a table of cases, a selected bibliography, and an index that makes this reference guide easily accessible. In an era when state constitutions have gained new importance in the nation, lawyers, judges, teachers, students, and the general public will find this study valuable.

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WESLEY W. HORTON, Attorney-at-Law, for many years has been the principal author of the Annotated Supreme Court Rules of the Connecticut Courts and has written at length on Connecticut law.

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Hardcover: 216 pages
Publisher: Greenwood Press (June 30, 1993)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0313285659
ISBN-13: 978-0313285653
Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.1 x 0.7 inches
Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,633,332 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Studying the Constitution of Connecticut is not like studying the Constitution of the United States. Read the first page

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United States, Article Fourth, New Haven, Article Third, Law Review, Bar Journal, First Amendment, General Court, Fundamental Orders, Article Fifth, Civil War, Justice Hamersley, Article Sixth, Article Second, Article Eighth, Article Tenth, Zephaniah Swift, Article Ninth, Congregational Church, Judge Berdon, New Britain, New York, Christopher Collier, Monday of November, Sixth Amendment

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This book cites 21 books:

The New York State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States) by Peter J. Galie in Front Matter
Practice Book by Leland Powers on page 168
The Nebraska State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States) by Robert D. Miewald in Front Matter
History Of Connecticut (Notable American Authors) by Theodore Dwight on page 172
New England (American Food Library) by Joan Darby Norris on page 172

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4 books cite this book:

Understanding State Constitutions by G. Alan Tarr on page 103, and Back Matter
The North Carolina State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States) by John V. Orth in Back Matter
Constitutional Politics in the States: Contemporary Controversies and Historical Patterns (Contributions in Legal Studies) by G. Alan Tarr on page 19
State Constitutions for the Twenty-First Century, Vol. 1: The Politics of State Constitutional Reform (SUNY Series in American Constitutionalism) by G. Alan Tarr on page 170

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