Robert F. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and Associate Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies. He holds a B.A. from Florida State, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Professor Williams served as a legislative assistant during the 1967 Special Constitutional Revision session of the Florida Legislature and represented clients before the 1978 Florida Constitution Revision Commission.Professor Williams teaches Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation at Rutgers Law School in Camden, in addition to writing and practicing in those areas. He is the author of The Law of American State Constitutions (Oxford Univ. Press 2009); State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers 2006); Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions and Amendments (2006) (with Frank P. Grad); and numerousjournal articles about state constitutional law and legislation. He is also co-author (with Hetzel and Libonati) of Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers, 2008).

• SERIES FOREWORD by Lawrence FriedmanFOREWORD by Richard J. HughesPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionINTRODUCTIONPART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF NEW JERSEYPART II. NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARYArticle I: Rights and PrivilegesArticle II: Elections and SuffrageArticle III: Distribution of the Powers of GovernmentArticle IV: LegislativeArticle V: ExecutiveArticle VI: JudicialArticle VII. Public Officers and EmployeesArticle VIII. Taxation and FinanceArticle IX. AmendmentsArticle X: General ProvisionsArticle XI: ScheduleBIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYTABLE OF CASESINDEX

Williams and Chen have provided a clear, compact, and comprehensive guide to our state constitution and its interesting history. Nowhere else would you be able to find so much packaged so efficiently. Practitioners will benefit from its stories and its insights and as well as from its legal analysis.

Robert F. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and Associate Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies. He holds a B.A. from Florida State, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Professor Williams served as a legislative assistant during the 1967 Special Constitutional Revision session of the Florida Legislature and represented clients before the 1978 Florida Constitution Revision Commission.Professor Williams teaches Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation at Rutgers Law School in Camden, in addition to writing and practicing in those areas. He is the author of The Law of American State Constitutions (Oxford Univ. Press 2009); State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers 2006); Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions and Amendments (2006) (with Frank P. Grad); and numerousjournal articles about state constitutional law and legislation. He is also co-author (with Hetzel and Libonati) of Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers, 2008).

• SERIES FOREWORD by Lawrence FriedmanFOREWORD by Richard J. HughesPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionINTRODUCTIONPART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF NEW JERSEYPART II. NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARYArticle I: Rights and PrivilegesArticle II: Elections and SuffrageArticle III: Distribution of the Powers of GovernmentArticle IV: LegislativeArticle V: ExecutiveArticle VI: JudicialArticle VII. Public Officers and EmployeesArticle VIII. Taxation and FinanceArticle IX. AmendmentsArticle X: General ProvisionsArticle XI: ScheduleBIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYTABLE OF CASESINDEX

Williams and Chen have provided a clear, compact, and comprehensive guide to our state constitution and its interesting history. Nowhere else would you be able to find so much packaged so efficiently. Practitioners will benefit from its stories and its insights and as well as from its legal analysis.

Robert F. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and Associate Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies. He holds a B.A. from Florida State, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Professor Williams served as a legislative assistant during the 1967 Special Constitutional Revision session of the Florida Legislature and represented clients before the 1978 Florida Constitution Revision Commission.Professor Williams teaches Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation at Rutgers Law School in Camden, in addition to writing and practicing in those areas. He is the author of The Law of American State Constitutions (Oxford Univ. Press 2009); State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers 2006); Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions and Amendments (2006) (with Frank P. Grad); and numerousjournal articles about state constitutional law and legislation. He is also co-author (with Hetzel and Libonati) of Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers, 2008).

• SERIES FOREWORD by Lawrence FriedmanFOREWORD by Richard J. HughesPreface to the Third EditionPreface to the Second EditionINTRODUCTIONPART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF NEW JERSEYPART II. NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARYArticle I: Rights and PrivilegesArticle II: Elections and SuffrageArticle III: Distribution of the Powers of GovernmentArticle IV: LegislativeArticle V: ExecutiveArticle VI: JudicialArticle VII. Public Officers and EmployeesArticle VIII. Taxation and FinanceArticle IX. AmendmentsArticle X: General ProvisionsArticle XI: ScheduleBIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYTABLE OF CASESINDEX

Williams and Chen have provided a clear, compact, and comprehensive guide to our state constitution and its interesting history. Nowhere else would you be able to find so much packaged so efficiently. Practitioners will benefit from its stories and its insights and as well as from its legal analysis.