The Iowa State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States) - Hardcover

Stark, Jack

 
9780313306242: The Iowa State Constitution: A Reference Guide (Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States)

Synopsis

This reference guide begins with a constitutional history of Iowa. The majority of this history is devoted to accounts of the constitutional conventions and the documents they produced. The rest of Part I contains a discussion of the cases that had an effect beyond merely deciding constitutional issues and an explanation of major amendments set in the context of Iowa history. The bulk of this book is a section-by-section analysis of the constitution rounded out by a bibliographical essay, table of cases, and index. It will be useful to students and scholars of law and constitutional history.

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About the Author

JACK STARK is Assistant Chief Counsel at the Legislative Reference Bureau, State of Wisconsin. He is the author of The Wisconsin State Constitution (Greenwood, 1997).

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