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The Oklahoma State Constitution A Reference Guide
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Danny M. Adkison, Lisa McNair Palmer
ISBN: 0-313-27507-6
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-27507-4
400 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 4/30/2001
List Price: $193.95 (UK Sterling Price: £133.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: The Five Civilized Tribes, populism, progressive-era reform, and a continuing thread of popular mistrust of the legislature shaped and continue to influence the State of Oklahoma's constitution. Based on a combination of exhaustive, article-by-article legal and historical research, Adkison and Palmer detail the intent, the politics, the social and economic pressures, and the legal cases that have given form to the Oklahoma constitution since it was adopted in 1907.

This volume in Greenwood's State Constitution Series will be useful to legal professionals and scholars alike. Based on scholarly research, but written in a manner accessible to the lay person, this book is a valuable resource for anyone who wants to learn more about Oklahoma's constitutional history, state constitutional development in general, the impact of Native Americans on democratic development, and the enduring legacy of Progressive reforms.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by G. Alan Tarr
    Foreword by Drew Edmondson
    The Constitutional History of Oklahoma
    The Oklahoma Constitution and Commentary
    Article I: Federal Relations
    Article II: Bill of Rights
    Article III: Suffrage
    Article IV: Distribution of Powers
    Article V: Legislative Department
    Article VI: Executive Department
    Article VII: Judicial Department
    Article VIII-A: Court on the Judiciary
    Article VIII-B: Selection of Justices and Judges
    Article VIII: Impeachment and Removal from Office
    Article IX: Corporations
    Article X: Revenue and Taxation
    Article XI: State and School Lands
    Article XII: Homestead and Exemptions
    Article XII-A: Homestead Exemption from Taxation
    Article XIII: Education
    Article XIII-A: Oklahoma State System of Higher Education
    Article XIII-B: Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges
    Article XIV: Banks and Banking
    Article XV: Oath of Office
    Article XVI: Public Roads, Highways, and Internal Improvements
    Article XVII: Counties
    Article XVIII: Municipal Corporations
    Article XIX: Insurance
    Article XX: Manufacture and Commerce
    Article XXI: Public Institutions
    Article XXII: Alien and Corporate Ownership of Lands
    Article XXIII: Miscellaneous
    Article XXIV: Constitutional Amendments
    Article XXV: Social Security
    Article XXVI: Department of Wildlife Conservation
    Article XXVII: Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
    Article XXVIII: Alcoholic Beverage Laws and Enforcement
    Article XXIX: Ethics Commission
    Schedule
    Bibliography
    Index
About the Author: DANNY M. ADKISON is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Oklahoma State University./e

LISA MCNAIR PALMER is a freelance writer, seminar speaker, and attorney in private practice./e
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