Decision 1997 : constitutional change in New York / Gerald Benjamin & Henrik N. Dullea, editors.
1997
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Title
Decision 1997 : constitutional change in New York / Gerald Benjamin & Henrik N. Dullea, editors.
Published
Albany, N.Y. : Rockerfeller Institute Press, [1997]
Copyright
©1997
Call Number
KFN5683 .D83 1997
ISBN
0914341502
Description
xxii, 534 pages ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)36498842
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Richard P. Nathan
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Peter Goldmark
Decision 1997 / Gerald Benjamin
Sect. I
Why State Constitutions Matter
1
State Constitutions in the Federal System / Richard Briffault
3
Principal Provisions of State Constitutions: A Brief Overview / Richard Briffault
21
New York's State Constitution in Comparative Context / Robert F. Williams
29
The Role of the Constitutional Commission in State Constitutional Change / Robert F. Williams
45
Sect. II
Constitutional Structure and the Process of Government
53
Structures of New York State Government / Gerald Benjamin
57
State Government Finance / Robert P. Kerker
81
Legislative Districting and the New York State Constitution / David I. Wells
105
New York State's Judicial Article: A Work in Progress / Frederick Miller
127
The Private Economy / Joseph F. Zimmerman
147
Intergovernmental Relations / Richard Briffault
155
Local Government and the State Constitution: A Framework for Analysis / Richard Briffault
181
Elections and the Political Process / Jeffrey M. Stonecash
193
Reforming New York's Constitutional System of Election Administration / Gerald Benjamin
217
Sect. III
Individual Liberties and "Positive Rights"
233
Individual Liberties / Burton C. Agata
235
Criminal Justice / Burton C. Agata
255
Education / Robert D. Stone
281
Social Policy / Gerald Benjamin Melissa Cusa
301
The Environment / William R. Ginsberg
317
Sect. IV
Amendment and Revision Process: Experience and Issues
329
Amending and Revising the New York State Constitution / Burton C. Agata
331
A Pandora's Box? Holding a Constitutional Convention in New York / Peter J. Galie
351
Constitutional Revision in 1967: Learning the Right Lessons From the Magnificent Failure / Henrik N. Dullea
367
The 1967 Constitutional Convention Delegates / Michael Leo Owens
381
Amending the New York State Constitution Through the Legislature / Gerald Benjamin Melissa Cusa
385
Sect. V
The Delegate Selection Process
405
The Delegate Selection Process Interim Report of the Temporary State Commission on Constitutional Revision
407
Delegate Selection and the Problem of Ballot Access / Burton C. Agata
435
The Voting Rights Act and the Election of Delegates to a Constitutional Convention / Richard Briffault
445
The Election of Delegates to the Constitutional Convention: Some Alternatives / Richard Briffault
473
Public Campaign Financing / Michael J. Malbin
491
Appendices
501
Temporary State Commission on Constitutional Revision
503
Author Biographies
513
Index
519