Browsing by Subject "Constitutional law -- United States -- States"

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    • Assessing the State of State Constitutionalism 
      Rossi, Jim, 1965- (Michigan Law Review, 2011)
      State constitutions are terribly important legal documents, but their interpretation is remarkably understudied (and, of course, highly undertheorized) in the academic literature. This review essay discusses Robert Williams’s ...
    • Dual Constitutions and Constitutional Duels: Separation of Powers and State Implementation of Federally Inspired Regulatory Programs and Standards 
      Rossi, Jim, 1965- (William and Mary Law Review, 2005)
      Frequently, state-wide executive agencies and localities attempt to implement federally-inspired programs. Two predominant examples are cooperative federalism programs and incorporation of federal standards in state-specific ...
    • The New Frontier of State Constitutional Law 
      Rossi, Jim, 1965-; Gardner, James A., 1959- (William and Mary Law Review, 2005)
      In the past decade, a new frontier of constitutional discourse has begun to emerge, adding a fresh perspective to state constitutional law. Instead of treating states as jurisdictional islands in a sea under reign of the ...
    • The Puzzle of State Constitutions 
      Rossi, Jim, 1965- (Buffalo Law Review, 2006)
      In a series of groundbreaking articles published over the past fifteen years, James Gardner has led the charge to make state constitutionalism a part of the constitutional law discussion more generally. His new book, ...
    • State Constitutional Law: Doing the Right Thing 
      Sherry, Suzanna (Rutgers Law Journal, 1994)
      Fifteen years after a prominent American jurist urged a revitalization of state constitutional law, a somewhat less prominent American legal scholar announced that state constitutional law was "a vast wasteland of confusing, ...