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.
Table of Contents
Series Foreword by Lawrence FriedmanForeword by Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor (Second Edition)Foreword by Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer (First Edition)PART ONE: THE HISTORY OF THE OHIO CONSTITUTIONIntroductionThe Ohio Territory and the Northwest Ordinance: The Prelude to StatehoodStatehood and Ohio's First ConstitutionOhio's Experience under the Constitution of 1802Ohio's Second ConstitutionThe 1873-74 Constitutional ConventionFrom 1874 to the 1912 Constitutional ConventionThe 1912 Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Revision in the Progressive EraConstitutional Change from 1912 to the End of the Twentieth CenturyThe Court in the Twentieth Century-From 1912 to the End of the Twentieth CenturyThe Ohio Constitution in the Twenty-First CenturyPART TWO: THE OHIO CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARYArticle I: Bill of RightsArticle II: LegislativeArticle III: ExecutiveArticle IV: JudicialArticle V: Elective FranchiseArticle VI: EducationArticle VII: Public InstitutionsArticle VIII: Public Debt and Public WorksArticle IX: MilitiaArticle X: County and Township OrganizationsArticle XI: ApportionmentArticle XII: Finance and TaxationArticle XIII: CorporationsArticle XIV: JurisprudenceArticle XV: MiscellaneousArticle XVI: AmendmentsArticle XVII: ElectionsArticle XVIII: Municipal CorporationsArticle XIX: Congressional RedistrictingSchedules to the Ohio ConstitutionAppendix A: Table of Votes on Holding Constitutional Conventions under the 1802 and 1851 ConstitutionsAppendix B: Table of Proposed Constitutional Amendments and VotesBibliographical Essay and Selected BibliographyTable of CasesIndexAbout the Authors
