Full Description
The second edition of The Ohio State Constitution begins with a detailed summary and analysis of the history of the Ohio Constitution, including the pre-statehood Northwest Ordinance of 1787 (i.e., the Northwest Ordinance), the adoption of the 1802 Constitution, which resulted in Ohio's admission as the 17th state in the Union, and the adoption of the 1851 Constitution, Ohio's current constitution. In-depth attention is given to the 34 amendments that have their origins in the work of the Progressive-era 1912 Constitutional Convention, which proposed the initiative and referendum, and the home rule amendment. The historical commentary also covers the modern efforts to use commissions to revise the constitution, and the emergence of the new judicial federalism in Ohio. In Part Two, the book contains detailed commentaries on each of the 220+ sections of the constitution, and the commentary on each of the 19 Articles begins with an article-specific introductory essay.
Contents
Series Foreword by Lawrence Friedman
Foreword by Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor (Second Edition)
Foreword by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer (First Edition)
PART ONE: THE HISTORY OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTION
Introduction
The Ohio Territory and the Northwest Ordinance: The Prelude to Statehood
Statehood and Ohio's First Constitution
Ohio's Experience under the Constitution of 1802
Ohio's Second Constitution
The 1873-74 Constitutional Convention
From 1874 to the 1912 Constitutional Convention
The 1912 Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Revision in the Progressive Era
Constitutional Change from 1912 to the End of the Twentieth Century
The Court in the Twentieth Century-From 1912 to the End of the Twentieth Century
The Ohio Constitution in the Twenty-First Century
PART TWO: THE OHIO CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARY
Article I: Bill of Rights
Article II: Legislative
Article III: Executive
Article IV: Judicial
Article V: Elective Franchise
Article VI: Education
Article VII: Public Institutions
Article VIII: Public Debt and Public Works
Article IX: Militia
Article X: County and Township Organizations
Article XI: Apportionment
Article XII: Finance and Taxation
Article XIII: Corporations
Article XIV: Jurisprudence
Article XV: Miscellaneous
Article XVI: Amendments
Article XVII: Elections
Article XVIII: Municipal Corporations
Article XIX: Congressional Redistricting
Schedules to the Ohio Constitution
Appendix A: Table of Votes on Holding Constitutional Conventions under the 1802 and 1851 Constitutions
Appendix B: Table of Proposed Constitutional Amendments and Votes
Bibliographical Essay and Selected Bibliography
Table of Cases
Index
About the Authors
