The Connecticut state constitution / Wesley W. Horton ; foreword by David M. Shea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horton, Wesley W.

Contributor:

Shea, David M.

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):

Constitutions--Connecticut.

Constitutions.

Constitutional law--Connecticut.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional history--Connecticut.

Constitutional history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (234 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Connecticut State Constitution is the first comprehensive analysis of the Connecticut Constitution and its individual provisions. In it, Wesley W. Horton presents a comprehensive overview of Connecticut's constitutional historical development and discusses cases of particular importance. Also included are a bibliographical essay, table of cases, tables relating to constitutional conventions and amendments, and a general index, offering significant sources for further study. Previously published by Greenwood, this title has been brought back in to circulation by Oxford University Press with new verve. Re-printed with standardization of content organization in order to facilitate research across the series, this title, as with all titles in the series, is set to join the dynamic revision cycle of The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed international interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume in this innovative series contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-section analysis of its current constitution, and a comprehensive guide to further research. Under the expert editorship of Professor G. Alan Tarr, Director of the Center on State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, this series provides essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Books in the series can be purchased individually or as part of a complete set, giving readers unmatched access to these important political documents.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Series Foreword

Foreword

Note on Legal Citations

Introduction

PART ONE: The History of the Connecticut Constitution

Colonial History

To the 1818 Convention

1818

To the 1965 Convention

1965 to the Present

Constitutional Litigation

Thoughts on Interpreting the Connecticut Constitution

PART TWO: The Connecticut Constitution and Commentary

Preamble

Article I: Declaration of Rights

Section 1. Equality of rights

Section 2. Source of political power. Right to alter form of government

Section 3. Right of religious liberty

Section 4. Liberty of speech and the press

Section 5. Prohibiting laws limiting liberty of speech or press

Section 6. Prosecutions for libel

defenses

Section 7. Security from searches and seizures

Section 8. Rights of accused in criminal prosecutions. What cases bailable. Speedy trial. Due process. Excessive bail or fines. Probable cause shown at hearing, when necessary

Section 9. Right of personal liberty

Section 10. Right of redress for injuries

Section 11. Right of private property

Section 12. Writ of habeas corpus

Section 13. No attainder

Section 14. Right to assemble and petition

Section 15. Right to bear arms

Section 16. Military power subordinate to civil

Section 17. Quartering of soldiers

Section 18. No hereditary emoluments

Section 19. Trial by jury. Challenging of jurors

Section 20. Equal protection. No segregation or discrimination

Article II: Of the Distribution of Powers

Distribution of Powers. Delegation of regulatory authority. Disapproval of administrative regulations

Article III: Of the Legislative Department

Section 1. Legislative power, in whom vested

Section 2. General assembly, when and where held Adjournment. Reconvened session to consider vetoes.

Section 3. Senate, number, qualifications

Section 4. House of representatives, how constituted

Section 5. Congressional and general assembly districts to be consistent with federal standards

Section 6. Reapportionment procedure. Reapportionment committee. Reapportionment commission

Section 7. Canvass and declaration of votes. Return and result to be submitted to both houses

Section 8. General assembly, election

Section 9. Counting of votes. Return of votes

Section 10. Term of office

Section 11. Dual job ban

Section 12. Officers. Quorum

Section 13. Powers of each house

Section 14. Journal. Yeas and nays

Section 15. Privilege from arrest. Privilege as to speech or debates

Section 16. Debates to be public

Section 17. Salary. Transportation

Section 18. Limit on State Expenditures

Article IV: Of the Executive Department

Section 1. State officers, election date

Section 2. Terms of officers

Section 3. Governor and lieutenant-governor voted for as unit

Section 4. Counting of votes. Return of votes. Canvass and declaration of votes. Choice by General Assembly, when and how made

Section 5. Governor. Qualifications

Section 6. Lieutenant-governor, qualifications

Section 7. Compensation of governor and lieutenant-governor

Section 8. Governor to command militia

Section 9. Governor may require information

Section 10. Power to adjourn general assembly

Section 11. Information and recommendations to General Assembly

Section 12. Faithful execution of laws

Section 13. Reprieves after conviction

Section 14. Commissions to be in the name and by authority of state

Section 15. Powers and duties of governor in relation to bills. Presentation to governor aft er adjournment. Procedure on veto

Section 16. Veto of separate items in appropriation bills.

Section 17. Lieutenant-governor, president of Senate

Section 18. Permanent or temporary transfer of governor's authority, powers and duties to lieutenant-governor. Council on gubernatorial incapacity

Section 19. When president pro tempore to become lieutenant-governor or act as lieutenant-governor

Section 20. Election of president pro tempore when General Assembly in recess

Section 21. Death or failure to qualify of governor-elect

Section 22. Treasurer, duties

Section 23. Secretary, duties

Section 24. Comptroller, duties

Section 25. Sheriffs for the several counties

Section 26. Accounts of the state to be published

Section 27. Division of criminal justice. Appointment of state's attorney by a criminal justice commission

Article V: Of the Judicial Department

Section 1. Courts, powers, and jurisdiction

Section 2. Supreme, appellate, and superior court judges, appointment, terms, removal

Section 3. Lower court judges, appointment, terms

Section 4. Probate court judges, election, terms

Section 5. Justices of the peace

Section 6. Age limitation, exception

Section 7. Judicial censure, removal, or suspension. Judicial Review Council

Article VI: Of the Qualifications of Electors

Section 1. Qualifications of electors

Section 2. Determination of qualifications

Section 3. Forfeiture and restoration of electoral privileges

Section 4. Free suffrage

Section 5. Voting by ballot or machine. Party lever prohibited

Section 6. Privilege of electors from arrest

Section 7. Absentee voting

Section 8. Admission of electors in absentia

Section 9. Removal to another town. Repealed

Section 10. Eligibility to office

Section 11. Preregistration of seventeen year old citizens as electors

Article VII: Of Religion.

No legal compulsion to join or support church. No preference in religion. Equal rights of all religious denominations

Article VIII: Of Education

Section 1. Free public schools

Section 2. System of higher education

Section 3. Charter of Yale College

Section 4. School fund

Article IX: Of Impeachments

Section 1. Power of impeachment

Section 2. Trial of impeachments

Section 3. Liability to impeachments

Section 4. Treason against the state

Article X: Of Home Rule

Section 1. Delegation of legislative authority to political subdivisions. Terms of town, city and borough elective officers. Special legislation

Section 2. Regional governments and compacts

Article XI: General Provisions

Section 1. Officialoath. Form

Section 2. Extra compensation to elected officials and public contractors prohibited

exception

Section 3. Emergency provision for temporary succession to powers and duties of public offices

Section 4. Claims against the state

Section 5. Effect of the Constitution on existing corporations, officers, laws

Article XII: Of Amendments to the Constitution

Method of proposing and approving amendments

Article XIII: Of Constitutional Conventions

Section 1. Method of convening by vote of General Assembly

Section 2. Method of convening by vote of electors

Section 3. Selection of membership, date of convening

Section 4. Submission of proposals to electors, approval, effective date

Article XIV: Of the Effective Date of this Constitution

Approval of the Constitution by the people

Bibliographical Essay

Table of Cases

Index

About the Author.

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.

Contains:

Connecticut. Constitution (1965).

ISBN:

0-19-987797-1

OCLC:

866840146