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The West Virginia state constitution : a reference guide

Professor Robert Bastress's book, The West Virginia State Constitution, gives us all an opportunity to read and learn not only about the Constitution, but also its history. Cleckley West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals Short constitutional history from statehood and the 1863 constitution to the present.
Print Book, English, 1995
Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 1995
constitutions
xxii, 329 pages ; 24 cm
9780313274091, 0313274096
32166929
Constitutional History of West Virginia; The Virginia Experience; The Secession Crisis; Statehood and The 1863 Constitution; The 1872 Constitutional Convention and Its Product; Significant Amendments to and Interpretive Developments under the 1872 Constitution; Analysis of the West Virginia Constitution; General Provisions: Articles I and II; The Bill of Rights: Article III; Elections and Public Officials: Article IV; The Allocation of Power: Articles V, VI, VII, and VIII; County Governments: Article IX; Taxation and Finance: Article X; Corporations and Railroads: Article XI; Education: Article XII; Real Property: Article XIII; The Amendment Process: Article XIV; Miscellaneous Amendments.