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| | | | | State and Local Government, Fifth Edition
Ann O'M. Bowman, University of South Carolina
Richard C. Kearney, East Carolina University
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Chapter Three: State Constitutions
I. The Evolution of State Constitutions
A. The First State Constitutions
B. Legislative Supremacy
C. The Growth of Executive Power
II. Weaknesses of Constitutions
A. Excessive Length
B. Problems of Substance
III. Constitutional Reform
A. The Essential State Constitution
B. Constitutions Today
IV. Methods for Constitutional Change
A. Informal Constitutional Change
B. Formal Constitutional Change
V. State Responsiveness and Constitutional Reform
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