State Constitutions for the Twenty-first Century

At Rutgers University at Camden, G. Alan Tarr is Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies and Robert F. Williams is Associate Director. Tarr is also Distinguished Professor of Political Science and author of Understanding State Constitutions. Williams is also Distinguished Professor of Law and author of State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials, Third Edition.

• IntroductionG. Alan TarrPART I: Constitutional Commissions and Constitutional Reform 1. Constitutional Revision in Florida: Planning, Politics, Policy, and PublicityRebecca Mae Salokar2. Constitutional Revision in California: The Triumph of Amendment over RevisionBruce E. Cain3. Adopting a New Constitution: Lessons from VirginiaA. E. Dick HowardPART II: Putting Constitutional Reform on the Agenda 4. Constitutional Reform in Alabama: Long Time in ComingH. Bailey Thomson5. The Mandatory Constitutional Convention Question Referendum: The New York Experience in National ContextGerald Benjamin6. Direct Democracy and Constitutional Reform: Campaign Finance Initiatives in ColoradoAnne G. CampbellAppendix: Mechanisms for State Constitutional ChangeContributorsIndex