Research Catalog

Title

The California state constitution / Joseph R. Grodin, Darien Shanske, and Michael B. Salerno ; foreword by Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye.

Author

Grodin, Joseph R.

Publication

Oxford, UK ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors

• Shanske, Darien, 1974-
• Salerno, Michael B.
• California. Constitution (1879)

Description

xxx, 579 pages; 25 cm.

Summary

'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, the second edition provides an updated and in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting in 1849.

Series Statement

Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States

Uniform Title

Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States

Subject

• Constitutions > California
• Constitutional law > California
• Constitutional history > California
• Constitutional history
• Constitutional law
• Constitutions
• California

Genre/Form

• Law commentaries
• Commentaires juridiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-541) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Part One. The history of the California Constitution -- Part Two. The California Constitution and commentary -- Article I. Declaration of rights -- Article II. Voting, initiative, referendum, and recall -- Article III. State of California -- Article IV. Legislative -- Article V. Executive -- Article VI. Judicial -- Article VII. Public officers and employees -- Article VIII. [Repealed] -- Article IX. Education -- Article X. Water -- Article XA. Water resources development -- Article XB. Marine resources protection act of 1990 -- Article XI. Local government -- Article XII. Public utilities -- Article XIII. Taxation -- Article XIIIA. [Tax limitation] -- Article XIIIB. Government spending limitation -- Article XIIIC. [Voter approval for local tax levies] -- Article XIIID. [Assessment and property-related fee reform] -- Article XIV. Labor relations -- Article XV. Usury -- Article XVI. Public finance -- Article XVII. [Repealed] -- Article XVIII. Amending and revising the Constitution -- Article XIX. Motor vehicle revenues -- Article XIXA. Loans from the public transportation account or local transportation funds -- Article XIXB. Motor vehicle fuel sales tax revenues and transportation improvement funding -- Article XIXC. [Enforcement of certain provisions] -- Article XX. Miscellaneous sujects -- Article XXI. Redistricting of Senate, Assembly, Congressional, and board of equalization districts -- Article XXII. [Architectural and engineering services] -- [Articles XXIII throught XXVIII have either been repealed or renumbered; there are no Articles XXIX-XXXIII.] -- Article XXXIV. Public housing project law -- Article XXXV. Medical research.

ISBN

• 9780199988648 (hardback : alk. paper)
• 0199988641 (hardback : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2015020271

OCLC

• 910009575
• SCSB-9932891

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library