My Account Wish List
Advanced Search
Print - Close Window
www.greenwood.com/catalog/SOE%2f.aspx
All Greenwood Products
The Ohio State Constitution A Reference Guide
Steven H. Steinglass, Gino J. Scarselli
Foreword by Honorable Thomas J. Moyer
Book Code: SOE/
ISBN: 0-313-26765-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-26765-9
436 pages, tables
Praeger Publishers
Publication: 12/30/2004
List Price: $115.00 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: In Stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
  • Endorsement From Jonathan L. Entin,
    Professor of Law and Political Science
    Case Western Reserve University:     This book fills an enormous gap in the literature about Ohio law, history, and politics. It provides a panoramic account of the constitutional history of the Buckeye State and a valuable summary of all the major (and many not so major) cases interpreting the Ohio Constitution. It will be an essential research tool for lawyers, judges, and scholars, and an invaluable reference work for the general public.
  • Endorsement From F. Williams
    Distinguished Professor of Law
    Rutgers University School of Law
    Associate Director, Rutgers Center for State Constitutional Studies:     The informative and revealing Introduction in Ohio's constitutional history is worth the price of the entire volume. Steinglass and Scarcelli deftly set the historical, political and legal context for the current Ohio Constitution. Then, in an understandable, section-by-section analysis they relate the origins, basic meaning and leading judicial interpretations of today's Ohio Constitution. This will be the standard reference for students, lawyers, judges, politicians, political scientists, historians and the media.
Description: In 2003 Ohio celebrated its bicentennial, but most of the state's residents are unaware of the rich history and text of the state's constitution. From its precursor, the Northwest Ordinance, through three successful constitutional conventions and more than 200 proposed amendments; the Ohio Constitution is an evolving document. This work, current through the November 2004 election, is a needed resource for anyone interested in the history or text of the Ohio Constitution, or state Constitutions in general. This work provides an introductory essay outlining the history of the Ohio State Constitution as well as a section-by-section commentary on the Constitution. Tables listing changes to the Constitution as well a complete list of all proposed amendments to the Constitution from 1851 to the present are included. Foreword by current Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword by G. Alan Tarr
  • Foreword by Hon. Thomas J. Moyer
  • The Constitutional History of Ohio
  • Introduction
  • The Ohio Territory and the Northwest Ordinance: The Prelude to Statehood
  • Statehood and Ohio's First Constitution
  • Ohio's Experience Under the Constitution of 1802
  • Ohio's Second Constitution
  • The 1873-74 Constitutional Convention
  • From 1874 to the 1912 Constitutional Convention
  • The 1912 Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Revision in the Progressive Era
  • Constitutional Change from 1912 to the Twenty-First Century
  • Ohio Constitution and Commentary
  • Appendices
  • Bibliographic Essay and Selected Bibliography
  • Table of Cases
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2004053440
LCC Class: KFO401
Dewey Class: 342
All rights reserved. Copyright © 1999-2008 Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc.
88 Post Road West, Westport CT 06881, (203) 226-3571