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The Colorado State Constitution A Reference Guide
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Dale A. Oesterle, Richard B. Collins
Book Code: GR0849
ISBN: 0-313-30849-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30849-9
450 pages, N/A
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/2002
List Price: $175.00 (UK Sterling Price: £100.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • The Guide demonstrates time and time again how Colorado's penchant for citizen government continues to mark its principal governing document, requiring implementing legislation by the General Assembly, interpretation by the judiciary, and adjustment by the people. I consider this book a valuable asset for those who may have a Colorado constitutional question.
    —The Colorado Lawyer     December 2002
Description: Created in the roiling years of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and industrial expansion, Colorado's state constitution is indelibly marked by an overt suspicion toward elected and appointed officials (with good reason given their often dubious behavior). Not surprisingly, then, the Colorado Supreme Court has been called on to mediate the frequent and ongoing feuds between that state's citizens and their legislators, which it has done successfully, if spottily at times. The result is one of the longest and most detailed, but ultimately successful, state constitutions in the Union. Collins and Oesterle provide a brief history of the document's creation and evolution, then proceed to discuss the legislation and case law pertinent to understanding every article's and section's current legal interpretation. Valuable to scholars and students of local and legal history, and to practicing attorneys seeking to understand the groundwork of the Colorado state constitution, this reference book provides a wealth of historical and legal information critical to apprehending the past and present of a state that often is at the center of national political controversies.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by G. Alan Tarr
  • Preface
  • The Constitutional History of Colorado
  • The Colorado Constitution and Commentary
  • Bibliographic Essay
  • Table of Cases
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001045241
LCC Class: KFC2201
Dewey Class: 342
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