
Hidden Laws
How State Constitutions Stabilize American Politics
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How state constitutional reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development
State constitution reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development. Using data sets and historical case studies, Robinson Woodward-Burns shows how the federal government has repeatedly deferred to state constitutional reform to manage or address difficult national constitutional controversies, including conflicts over the regulation of slavery, banking and taxation, women’s suffrage, labor and welfare rights, voting and civil rights, and gender discrimination.
State constitution reform guides and stabilizes American constitutional and political development. Using data sets and historical case studies, Robinson Woodward-Burns shows how the federal government has repeatedly deferred to state constitutional reform to manage or address difficult national constitutional controversies, including conflicts over the regulation of slavery, banking and taxation, women’s suffrage, labor and welfare rights, voting and civil rights, and gender discrimination.
Yale University Press, 9780300248692, 360pp.
Publication Date: June 29, 2021
About the Author
Robinson Woodward-Burns is an assistant professor of political science at Howard University. He lives in Washington, DC.