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Rocky Mountain Constitution Making, 1850-1912.
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Description
Bakken addresses important issues of constitutional history in the context of a seminal period in the history of the American West. He describes the challenges which faced the participants in eight Western constitutional conventions. His analysis answers questions of how consensus was reached and how that consensus reflected the compromise between the particular needs of the states and fundamental principles. Bakken outlines the issues of public policy which the constitution makers faced: issues ranging from resource allocation and taxation to the role of corporations in the community. He also explains how the delegates attempted to express the values of their constituencies while striving to define the concept of the public good.
Table of Contents
A Rocky Mountain Constitution-Making Heritage
The Conventions and Their Delegates
A Rocky Mountain Bill of Rights
State Institutions
Taxation of Mineral Wealth
Water
Fellow Servants: Labor and Corporation Articles
Women's Suffrage
A Recurrence to Fundamental Principles
Bibliographic Notes
Index
Product details
| Published | 15 Apr 1987 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 196 |
| ISBN | 9780313255380 |
| Imprint | Praeger |
| Dimensions | 235 x 156 mm |
| Series | Contributions in Legal Studies |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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