The Ohio state constitution / Steven H. Steinglass and Gino J. Scarselli ; foreword by Thomas J. Moyer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Steinglass, Steven H.

Contributor:

Scarselli, Gino J.

Moyer, Thomas J.

Series:

Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States.

The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ohio. Constitution (1851).

Ohio.

Constitutions--Ohio.

Constitutions.

Constitutional law--Ohio.

Constitutional law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (450 pages) : illustrations, tables.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, [England] ; New York, [New York] : Oxford University Press, 2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In The Ohio State Constitution, Steven Steinglass and Gino Scarselli provide a comprehensive and accessible resource on the history of constitutional development and law in Ohio. This essential volume begins with an introductory essay outlining the history of the Ohio State Constitution and includes a detailed section-by-section commentary, providing insight and analysis on the case law, politics and cultural changes that have shaped Ohio's governing document. A complete list of all proposed amendments to the Constitution from 1851 to the present and relevant cases are included in easy-to-reference tables along with a bibliographical essay that aids further research.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Series Foreword

Foreword

Preface &amp

Acknowledgments

PART ONE: The History of the Ohio Constitution

Introduction

The Ohio Territory and the Northwest Ordinance: The Prelude to Statehood

Early Ohio

The Northwest Ordinance

Governance under Arthur St.Clair and the Push for Statehood

Statehood and Ohio's First Constitution

The Constitutional Convention of 1802

Ohio's Experience under the Constitution of 1802

Judicial Review: A Major Constitutional Crisis

Ohio's Second Constitution

The Campaign to Replace the Constitution of 1802

The Constitutional Convention of 1850-51

Elections, Suffrage, and the Status of African Americans

Other Reforms

Convention and Electoral Approval

The Ohio Constitution of 1851

The 1873-74 Constitutional Convention

From 1874 to the 1912 Constitutional Convention

The 1912 Constitutional Convention: Constitutional Revision in the Progressive Era

The Progressive Movement and the Call for a Convention

The Constitutional Convention of 1912

Constitutional Change from 1912 to the Twenty-First Century

The First Half of the Twentieth Century: The Unfinished Agenda

Constitutional Revision in the Latter Half of the Twentieth Century

The 1950s and 1960s

The 1970s and the Constitutional Revision Commission

The 1980s

The 1990s

The 2000s

The Ohio Constitution and the Court at the Beginning of the Twenty-First Century

The Ohio Supreme Court and Judicial Review

Judicial Selection

The Ohio Supreme Court and Stare Decisis

PART TWO: The Ohio Constitution and Commentary

Preamble

Article I: Bill of Rights

Section 1. Inalienable Rights

Section 2. Right to alter, reform, or abolish government, [equal protection] and repeal of special privileges

Section 3. Right to assemble [and petition].

Section 4. Bearing arms

standing armies

military power

Section 5. Trials by Jury

Section 6. Slavery and involuntary servitude

Section 7. Rights of conscience

education

the necessity of religion and knowledge

Section 8. Writ of habeas corpus

Section 9. Bail [and cruel and unusual punishment]

Section 10. Trial for crimes

witnesses

Section 10a. Rights of victims of crime

Section 11. Freedom of speech

of the press

of libels

Section 12. Transportation, etc. for crime

Section 13. Quartering troops

Section 14. Search warrants and general warrants

Section 15. No imprisonment for debt

Section 16. Redress in courts [open courts

due process

sovereign immunity]

Section 17. Heredity privileges, etc.

Section 18. Suspension of laws

Section 19. Inviolability of private property [eminent domain]

Section 19a. Damage for Wrongful death

Section 20. Powers reserved to the people

Article II: Legislative

Section 1. In whom power vested [Legislative power]

Section la. The Initiative

Section lb. Initiative, continued

Section lc. The referendum

Section Id. Emergency laws

not subject to referendum

Section le. Powers

limitations of use [non-uniform taxation]

Section If. Power of municipalities [Initiative and referendum]

Section lg. Petition requirements and preparation

submission

ballot language

by Ohio ballot board

Section 2. Election and terms of legislators

Section 3. Residence [requirements for state legislators]

Section 4. Eligibility [Dual office and conflict of interest]

Section 5. Who shall not hold office

Section 6. Powers of each house

Section 7. Organization of the House of Representatives [and Senate]

Section 8. Regular and special session of General Assembly

Section 9. Journal, and yeas and nays.

Section 10. Rights of members to protest

Section 11. Vacancies in either house, how filled

Section 12. Privilege of members from arrest, and of free speech

Section 13. When session to be public

Section 14. Power of adjournment

Section 15. How bills shall be passed

Section 16. Bills to be signed by governor

veto

Section 17. [Repealed]

Section 18. [Repealed]

Section 19. [Repealed]

Section 20. Term of office, and compensation of officers in certain cases

Section 21. Contested elections

Section 22. Appropriations

Section 23. Impeachments

how instituted and conducted

Section 24. Who [is] liable to impeachment, and punishment

Section 25. [Repealed]

Section 26. What laws to have a uniform operation

Section 27. Election and appointment of officers

filling vacancies

Section 28. Retroactive laws [obligation of contracts]

Section 29. No extra compensation

Section 30. New counties

Section 31. Compensation of members and officers of the General Assembly

Section 32. Divorces and judicial power

Section 33. Mechanics' and builders' liens

Section 34. Welfare of employees

Section 35. Workman's [Workers'] Compensation

Section 36. Conservation of natural resources

Section 37. Eight-hour day on public work

Section 38. Removal of officials

Section 39. Regulating expert testimony in criminal trials

Section 40. Registering and warranting land titles

Section 41. Prison labor

Section 42. Continuity of government operations in emergencies caused by enemy attack

Article III: Executive

Section 1. Executive department

Section la. Joint vote cast for governor and lieutenant

Section lb. Lieutenant governor duties assigned by governor

Section 2. Terms of office

Section 3. Election returns

Section 4. [Repealed]

Section 5. Executive power vested in governor.

Section 6. [The governor] may require written information, etc.

Section 7. [The governor] shall recommend measures, etc.

Section 8. Limiting part of General Assembly in extra session

Section 9. When [the governor] may adjourn the General Assembly

Section 10. Commander-in-chief of militia

Section 11. May grant reprieves, commutations and pardons

Section 12. Seal of the state, and by whom kept

Section 13. How grants and commissions issued

Section 14. Who is ineligible for governor

Section 15. Who shall fill [the governor's] place when vacancy occurs

Section 16. [Repealed]

Section 17. If a vacancy shall occur while executing the office of governor, who shall act

Section 17a. Filling a vacancy in the office of the lieutenant governor

Section 18. What vacancies governor to fill

Section 19. Compensation

Section 20. Officers to report to governor, and when

Section 21. Appointments subject to advice and consent of Senate

Section 22. Jurisdiction to determine disability

succession

Article IV: Judicial

Section 1. In whom judicial power vested

Section 2. Organization and jurisdiction of Supreme Court

Section 3. Court of appeals

Section 4. Common pleas court

Section 5. Other powers of Supreme Court

Section 6. Election of judges

compensation

Section 7. [Repealed]

Section 8. [Repealed]

Section 9. [Repealed]

Section 10. [Repealed]

Section 11. [Repealed]

Section 12. [Repealed]

Section 13. Vacancy in office of judge, how filled

Section 14. [Repealed]

Section 15. Number of judges may be increased or diminished, districts altered, and other courts established

Section 17. Judges removable

Section 18. Powers and jurisdiction

Section 19. Courts of conciliation

Section 20. Style of process, prosecution, and indictment.

Section 22. [formerly 21] Supreme court commission

Section 23. Judges in less populous counties

service on more than one court

Article V: Elective Franchise

Section 1. Who may vote

Section 2. By ballot

Section 2a. Names of candidates on ballot

Section 3. [Repealed]

Section 4. Forfeiture of elective franchise

Section 5. [Repealed]

Section 6. Idiots or insane persons

Section 7. Primary elections

Section 8. Term limits

Section 9. Eligibility of office holders

Article VI: Education

Section 1. Funds for religious and educational purposes

Section 2. School funds

Section 3. Public school system, boards of education

Section 4. State board of education

Section 5. Guaranteed loans to residents attending colleges and universities

Section 6. Tuition credit program

Article VII: Public Institutions

Section 1. Insane, blind, and deaf and dumb

Section 2. Directors of penitentiary, trustees of benevolent and other state institutions

how appointed

Section 3. Vacancies, how filled

Article VIII: Public Debt and Public Works

Section 1. Public debt

Section 2. Additional, and for what purposes

Section 2a. [Repealed]

Section 2b. Adjusted compensation for service in World War II

Section 2c. Construction of state highway system

Section 2d. Korean War bonus

Section 2e. Providing means for securing funds for highway and public building construction [State buildings]

Section 2f. Authorizing bond issues to provide school classrooms, support for universities, for recreation and conservation and for state buildings

Section 2g. Authorizing bond issue or other obligations for highway construction

Section 2h. Bond issue for development

Section 2i. Capital improvement bonds

Section 2j. Vietnam conflict compensation fund.

Section 2k. Issuance of bonds for local government public infrastructure capital improvements.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-987777-7

OCLC:

867929993