The New Jersey State Constitution

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Robert F. Williams (Distinguished Professor of Law, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law) Ronald K. Chen (Professor, Professor, Rutgers University)

The New Jersey State Constitution

Robert F. Williams (Distinguished Professor of Law, Distinguished Professor of Law, Rutgers Law), Ronald K. Chen (Professor, Professor, Rutgers University)

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Oxford University Press Inc
01 October 2022

Legal history; Parliamentary & legislative practice

Series: Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States

The New Jersey State Constitution is a throughly revised new edition that provides an extensive historical account and constitutional analysis of the state's governing charter. In addition to an overview of New Jersey's constitutional history, it provides an in-depth, section-by-section analysis of the entire constitution, detailing the many significant changes that have been made since its initial drafting. This treatment, along with a table of cases, index, and bibliography is an essential resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of New Jersey's constitution.

State constitutions perform different functions and contain different provisions from the more-familiar U.S. Constitution. The book first outlines the historical development of New Jersey's state constitution from 1776 to the present and explains the highlights of the process of state constitutional development, leading to the current New Jersey constitution. Next, each section of the current constitution is analyzed, including its origins, general intent and purpose, and important judicial interpretations illustrating the types of situations in which the section can come into play, including references to key academic analysis of each section. Careful explanation is provided, with illustrations from cases, of the complex and evolving relationship between rights guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and rights guaranteed by the New Jersey constitution. In many instances, New Jersey's rights can be more protective than those included in the Federal Constitution. Finally, the book provides a thorough bibliographical essay reviewing the evolution of the New Jersey constitution.

By: Robert F. Williams (Distinguished Professor of Law Distinguished Professor of Law Rutgers Law), Ronald K. Chen (Professor, Professor, Rutgers University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 162mm, Width: 241mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 590g
ISBN: 9780190084677
ISBN 10: 0190084677
Series: Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 01 October 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

SERIES FOREWORD by Lawrence Friedman FOREWORD by Richard J. Hughes Preface to the Third Edition Preface to the Second Edition INTRODUCTION PART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY PART II. NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARY Article I: Rights and Privileges Article II: Elections and Suffrage Article III: Distribution of the Powers of Government Article IV: Legislative Article V: Executive Article VI: Judicial Article VII. Public Officers and Employees Article VIII. Taxation and Finance Article IX. Amendments Article X: General Provisions Article XI: Schedule BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY TABLE OF CASES INDEX

Robert F. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and Associate Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies. He holds a B.A. from Florida State, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Professor Williams served as a legislative assistant during the 1967 Special Constitutional Revision session of the Florida Legislature and represented clients before the 1978 Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Professor Williams teaches Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation at Rutgers Law School in Camden, in addition to writing and practicing in those areas. He is the author of The Law of American State Constitutions (Oxford Univ. Press 2009); State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers 2006); Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions and Amendments (2006) (with Frank P. Grad); and numerous journal articles about state constitutional law and legislation. He is also co-author (with Hetzel and Libonati) of Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers, 2008).

Reviews for The New Jersey State Constitution

Williams and Chen have provided a clear, compact, and comprehensive guide to our state constitution and its interesting history. Nowhere else would you be able to find so much packaged so efficiently. Practitioners will benefit from its stories and its insights and as well as from its legal analysis. * Hon. Peter A. Buchsbaum, the State Bar Association magazine *