The Iowa state constitution / Jack Stark ; foreword by Richard, Lord Acton.

"The Iowa State Constitution is the first comprehensive analysis of the Iowa Constitution and its individual provisions. In it, Jack Stark presents a comprehensive overview of Iowa's constitutional historical development and discusses cases of particular importance. Also included are a bibliographic essay, table of cases, tables relating to constitutional conventions and amendments, and a general index, offering significant sources for further study. The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important new 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"-- Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-183) and index.

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Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; PART ONE: The History of the Iowa Constitution; The Constitutional Conventions: Building a State; The Early Years of Statehood: Freedom of the Press, Ending the Board of Education, Racial Issues; The Remainder of the Nineteenth Century: Prohibition, Religion in the Schools, Elections; The Early Twentieth Century: Elections and Suffrage Issues, Responses to the Depression; The Modern Era: A Judicial Change of Heart, An Attempt at a Constitutional Convention, Grants of Power to the Three Branches, Reapportionment, Gambling.

PART TWO: The Iowa Constitution and CommentaryPreamble and Boundaries; Article I: Bill of Rights; Section 1. Rights of Persons; Section 2. Political Power; Section 3. Religion; Section 4. Religious Test-Witnesses; Section 6. Laws Uniform; Section 7. Liberty of Speech and Press; Section 8. Personal Security-Searches and Seizures; Section 9. Right of Trial by Jury-Due Process of Law; Section 10. Rights of Persons Accused; Section 11. When Indictment Necessary-Grand Jury; Section 12. Twice Tried-Bail; Section 13. Habeas Corpus; Section 14. Military; Section 15. Quartering Soldiers.

Section 16. TreasonSection 17. Bail-Punishments; Section 18. Eminent Domain-Drainage Ditches and Levees; Section 19. Imprisonment for Debt; Section 20. Right of Assemblage-Petition; Section 21. Attainder-ex post facto Law-Obligation of Contract; Section 22. Resident Aliens; Section 23. Slavery-Penal Servitude; Section 24. Agricultural Leases; Section 25. Rights Reserved; Article II: Right of Suffrage; Section 1. Electors; Section 2. Privileged from Arrest; Section 3. From Military Duty; Section 4. Persons in Military Service; Section 5. Disqualified Persons; Section 6. Ballot.

Section 7. General ElectionsArticle III: Of the Distribution of Powers; DIVISION 1; Section 1. Departments of Government; DIVISION 2: LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT; Section 1. General Assembly; Section 2. Annual Sessions of General Assembly-Special Sessions; Section 3. Representatives; Section 4. Qualifications; Section 5. Senators-Qualifications; Section 6. Senators-Number and Classification; Section 7. Officers-Elections Determined; Section 8. Quorum; Section 9. Authority of the Houses; Section 10. Protest-Record of Votes; Section 11. Privileged from Arrest; Section 12. Vacancies.

Section 13. Doors OpenSection 14. Adjournments; Section 15. Bills; Section 16. Executive Approval-Veto-Item Veto by Governor; Section 17. Passage of Bills; Section 18. Receipts and Expenditures; Section 19. Impeachment; Section 20. Officers Subject to Impeachment-Judgment; Section 21. Members Not Appointed to Office; Section 22. Disqualification; Section 23. Failure to Account; Section 24. Appropriations; Section 25. Compensation and Expenses of General Assembly; Section 26. Time Laws to Take Effect; Section 27. Divorce; Section 29. Acts-One Subject-Expressed in Title.

Section 30. Local or Special Laws-General and Uniform-Boundaries of Counties.

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