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The Colorado State Constitution A Reference Guide
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Dale A. Oesterle, Richard B. Collins
ISBN: 0-313-30849-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30849-9
450 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 2/28/2002
List Price: $175.00 (UK Sterling Price: £120.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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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
About the Author: DALE A. OESTERLE is Monfort Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Law.

RICHARD B. COLLINS is Professor of Law at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Law.
LCC Class: 342
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