The Revision and Amendment of State Constitutions (Classic Reprint)

Book excerpt: 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.