Excerpt from The Revision and Amendment of State Constitutions My purpose in this study is to give a statement of the practice concerning the amendment and revision of state constitutions, and to discuss the legal principles con trolling the alteration of such constitutions. Emphasis has been placed upon present conditions, but some at tention has been devoted to the historical aspects of the subject, especially with respect to the constitutional convention, which cannot be understood except when treated historically. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good Plus. Reprint of 1910 Edition. [LAW]. Walter Fairleigh Dodd (1880-1960). "The Revision and Amendment of State Constitutions (Da Capo Press Reprints in American Constitutional and Legal History) [Reprint of the 1910 Edition]." New York: Da Capo Press. Printed in the USA, 1970. Reprint of the 1910 Baltimore John Hopkins Press edition. English language. Hardcover in red faux morocco boards lettered gilt on front and spine. Nonfiction historical legal text in five chapters with preface, table of cases, appendix, and index. 8vo. 9 1/4 x 6 1/4 inches. 28 oz. [4], xviii, 350 pp. Light shelf-wear. Sticker residue on spine. Board corners rubbed. Text clean. Very Good Plus. ISBN: 0306719592. OCLC: 500812. "My purpose in this study is to give a statement of the practice concerning the amendment and revision of state constitutions, and to discuss the legal principles controlling the alteration of such constitutions. Emphasis has been placed upon present conditions, but some attention has been devoted to the historical aspects of the subject, especially with respect to the constitutional convention, which cannot be understood except when treated historically.". Seller Inventory # 09328