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1 online resource (xvii, 289 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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The Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States
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Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-267) and index. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART ONE: The History of the New Hampshire Constitution; Introduction and Overview; The Temporary Constitution of 1776; Dissent Develops against the 1776 Constitution; The World's First Modern Constitutional Convention; Adoption of the 1784 Permanent Constitution; The Revision of 1792; Over 80 Years of Constitutional Satisfaction; Important Changes Reshape State Government in 1877; Constitutional Conventions; Amendments to the Constitution, 1792-2002; Conclusion; PART TWO: The New Hampshire Constitution and Commentary. |
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Introduction to Constitutional CommentaryPart 1, the Bill of Rights; Article 1. Equality of Men; Origin and Object of Government; Article 2. Natural Rights; Article 2-a. The Bearing of Arms; Article 3. Society, Its Organization and Purposes; Article 4. Rights of Conscience Unalienable; Article 5. Religious Freedom Recognized; Article 6. Morality and Piety; Article 7. State Sovereignty; Article 8. Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public's Right to Know; Article 9. No Hereditary Office or Place; Article 10. Right of Revolution; Article 11. Elections and Elective Franchises. |
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Article 12. Protection and Taxation ReciprocalArticle 13. Conscientious Objectors Not Compelled to Bear Arms; Article 14. Legal Remedies to Be Free, Complete, and Prompt; Article 15. Right of Accused; Article 16. Former Jeopardy; Jury Trial in Capital Cases; Article 17. Venue of Criminal Prosecutions; Article 18. Penalties to Be Proportioned to Offenses; True Design of Punishment; Article 19. Searches and Seizures Regulated; Article 20. Jury Trial in Civil Causes; Article 21. Jurors; Compensation; Article 22. Free Speech; Liberty of the Press; Article 23. Retrospective Laws Prohibited. |
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Article 24. MilitiaArticle 25. Standing Armies; Article 26. Military Subject to Civil Power; Article 27. Quartering of Soldiers; Article 28. Taxes, by Whom Levied; Article 28-a. Mandated Programs; Article 29. Suspension of Laws by Legislature Only; Article 30. Freedom of Speech; Article 31. Meetings of Legislature, for What Purposes; Article 32. Rights of Assembly, Instruction, and Petition; Article 33. Excessive Bail, Fines, and Punishments Prohibited; Article 34. Martial Law Limited; Article 35. The Judiciary; Tenure of Office, etc.; Article 36. Pensions. |
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Article 36-a. Use of Retirement FundsArticle 37. Separation of Powers; Article 38. Social Virtues Inculcated; Article 39. Changes in Town and City Charters, Referendum Required; Part 2, the Form of Government; Numbering of Articles in Part 2; Article 1. Name of Body Politic; Article 2. Legislature, How Constituted; Article 3. General Court, When to Meet and Dissolve; Article 4. Power of General Court to Establish Courts; Article 5. Power to Make Laws, Elect Officers, Define Their Powers and Duties, Impose Fines and Assess Taxes; Prohibited from Authorizing Towns to Aid Certain Corporations. |
| Summary |
Prepared in 1776, the constitution of New Hampshire is the nation's first written state constitution. The 1776 constitution was a brief 15 sentences, but it laid out a form of government dedicated to popular control and limited government powers that have remained a central theme of New Hampshire constitutional law to this day. The detail of the framing of the original state constitution --the first in the nation- provides a context for understanding and appreciating the traditions which has marked the state's political and constitutional history, even after 144 amendments and over 200 years. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Constitutions -- New Hampshire.
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Constitutions. |
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New Hampshire. |
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Constitutional law -- New Hampshire.
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Constitutional law. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
New Hampshire.
Constitution (1784)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Marshall, Susan E., 1944- New Hampshire state constitution 9780199778287 (DLC) 2010054127 (OCoLC)693810858 |
| ISBN |
9780199877706 (electronic book) |
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019987770X (electronic book) |
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1306267188 (e-book) |
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9781306267182 (e-book) |
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9780199778287 |
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0199778280 |
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