A Defense of Kentucky's Constitution : A Study in Democracy / Virgil Burns.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Burns, Virgil, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional law--Kentucky.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (104 pages)

Other Title:

Defense of Kentucky's Constitution

Place of Publication:

New York : Vantage Press, Inc., 1952.

Contents:

Is Kentucky's Constitution outmoded?

Constitutional restrictions on the legislature

Kentucky does not need a new Constitution

Part II. A criticism of the Committee for Kentucky's "A report on the Constitution." Length of the Constitution

Section 25 not obsolete

Section 24

Section 80

Section 186

The $5,000 salary limitation

Section 197

The Report's conclusion

Local and special legislation

Provisions regulating corporations

Reforms not possible

Startling statement

Illustrations

Living testimony

Part III. Letter to "The point of view." Can Kentuckians write a Constitution?

The two-doorkeepers constitutional defect

Part IV. Letters to the "Richmond register"

Part V. Miscellaneous material. The construction of highways

Oath Kentucky officials are required to take

"The little black satchel"

Few Kentucky constitutions available

Fiddling while Rome burns

A wistful prophecy

Constitutional vs. statutory material

The age of Kentucky's Constitution

The Constitution Review Commission

The Kentucky Bill of Rights

Appendices.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Vantage Press, Inc., viewed August 9, 2023).