The Oklahoma state constitution
"The Oklahoma State Constitution traces the historical formation and constitutional development of the state of Oklahoma. In it, Danny Adkison and Lisa McNair Palmer provide article-by-article commentary and analysis on the intent, politics, social and economic pressures, and the legal decisions that shaped and enhanced the Oklahoma constitution since it was adopted in 1907. This unparalleled commentary provides a broad understanding of state constitutional law within the context of Oklahoma's …
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- Full title :The Oklahoma state constitution / Danny M. Adkison and Lisa McNair Palmer ; foreword by W.A. Drew Edmondson.
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"The Oklahoma State Constitution traces the historical formation and constitutional development of the state of Oklahoma. In it, Danny Adkison and Lisa McNair Palmer provide article-by-article commentary and analysis on the intent, politics, social and economic pressures, and the legal decisions that shaped and enhanced the Oklahoma constitution since it was adopted in 1907. This unparalleled commentary provides a broad understanding of state constitutional law within the context of Oklahoma's constitutional evolution. A bibliographic essay and list of cases offer significant sources for further study."--Provided by Publisher
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- Publication Date:©2011
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication:Oxford
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2011
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxviii, 389 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780199877843, 019987784X, 1306267633, 9781306267632
- oclc:ocn867050238
- LC Classification:KFO1601 1907.A6
- Dewey Decimal:342.76602
Table of Contents
Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART ONE: The History of the Oklahoma Constitution; Early Beginnings; Twin Territories; Statehood; Ratification and Elections; Constitutional Antecedents; Oklahoma's Constitution versus Other State Constitutions; Regulation of Interests; Direct Democracy; The Best Constitution; Lengthy Constitutions; Amending the Constitution; Present-Day Distrust; PART TWO: The Oklahoma Constitution and Commentary; Preamble; Article I. Federal Relations; Section 1. Supreme Law of the Land.
Section 2. Religious Liberty-Polygamous or Plural MarriagesSection 3. Unappropriated Public Lands-Indian Lands-Jurisdiction of United States; Section 4. Territorial Debts and Liabilities; Section 5. Public Schools; Section 6. Right of Suffrage; Article II. Bill of Rights; Introduction; Section 1. Political Power-Purpose of Government-Alteration or Reformation; Section 2. Inherent Rights; Section 3. Right of Assembly and Petition; Section 4. Interference with Right of Suffrage; Section 5. Public Money or Property-Use for Sectarian Purposes.
Section 6. Courts of Justice Open-Remedies for Wrongs-Sale, Denial or DelaySection 7. Due Process…
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