Ex Uno Plura: State Constitutions and Their Political Cultures

by James T. McHugh

State constitutions have become increasingly important in light of recent trends in jurisprudence that favor decentralizing the American federal system. Ex Uno Plura uses a political culture approach to explore eight state constitutional traditions. McHugh argues that state jurisprudence is not merely a reflection of the process, values, and decisions found at the federal level, especially through the influence of the Fourteenth Amendment. A close...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0791457494
• ISBN13: 9780791457498
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Length: 350 Pages