Book
The West Virginia State Constitution
(2016)
Abstract
The West Virginia State Constitution provides a review of the history and development of West Virginia's Constitution and an updated section-by-section analysis of its meaning. The State has had two constitutions, the original that was ratified in 1863 and the current one that was initially adopted in 1872. Both were rooted in the several Virginia Constitutions that preceded them but also included major reforms that emerged out of ongoing disputes between the western and eastern regions of antebellum Virginia. Amendments in the thirties and between 1968 and 1982 modernized the Constitution. This history is recounted in Part I of the book.
This second edition provides section-by-section analysis that describes the origins and evolutions of the provisions and, more importantly, summarizes the interpretations given to them by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals over more than 150 years of the State's existence. The text reduces the case law to readily grasped concepts and cites the leading cases. A useful and convenient table of cases is provided, and a bibliography to facilitate more extensive or specific research is included.
Keywords
- West Virginia,
- constitutional law
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 26, 2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Series
Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the US
ISBN
9780199896387
Citation Information
Robert M. Bastress. The West Virginia State Constitution. 2nd(2016) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/bob-bastress/14/