Title The Mississippi State Constitution / John W. Winkle III ; foreword by William F. Winter

Edition Second edition Published New York : Oxford University Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource Series The Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States Oxford commentaries on the state constitutions of the United States. Contents Cover; The Mississippi State Constitution; Series Page; Copyright; Contents; Series Foreword; Foreword; Acknowledgments; PART one The History of the Mississippi Constitution; The Constitution of 1817: Frontier Origins; The Constitution of 1832: Democratic Impulses; The Constitution of 1869: Reconstruction Designs; The Constitution of 1890: Reactionary Politics; Constitutionalism in Twentieth-Century Mississippi; Constitutionalism in Twenty-First-Century Mississippi; PART two The Mississippi Constitution and Commentary; Article I Distribution of Powers; SECTION 1 Powers of Government SECTION 2 Encroachment of PowerArticle II Boundaries of the State; SECTION 3 Repealed; SECTION 4 Acquisition of Territory; Disputed Boundaries; Article III Bill of Rights; SECTION 5 Government Originating in the People; SECTION 6 Regulation of Government; Right to Alter; SECTION 7 Secession Prohibited; SECTION 8 Citizens of the State; SECTION 9 Subordination of Military to Civil Power; SECTION 10 Treason; SECTION 11 Peaceful Assemblage; Right to Petition Government; SECTION 12 Right to Bear Arms; SECTION 13 Freedom of Speech and Press; Libel; SECTION 14 Due Process SECTION 15 Slavery and Involuntary Servitude Prohibited Punishment for Crime; SECTION 16 Ex Post Facto Laws; Impairment of Contract; SECTION 17 Taking Property for Public Use; Due Compensation; SECTION 17-A Taking Private Property by Eminent Domain; Transfer to Others Prohibited for Ten (10) Years; Exceptions; SECTION 18 Freedom of Religion; SECTION 19 Repealed; SECTION 20 Specific Term of Office; SECTION 21 Writ of Habeas Corpus; SECTION 22 Double Jeopardy; SECTION 23 Searches and Seizures; SECTION 24 Open Courts; Remedy for Injury; SECTION 25 Access to Courts SECTION 26 Rights of Accused State Grand Jury Proceedings; SECTION 26-A Victims' Rights; Construction of Provisions; Legislative Authority; SECTION 27 Proceeding by Indictment or Information; SECTION 28 Cruel or Unusual Punishment Prohibited; SECTION 29 Excessive Bail Prohibited; Revocation or Denial of Bail; SECTION 30 Imprisonment for Debt; SECTION 31 Trial by Jury; SECTION 32 Construction of Unenumerated Rights; Article IV Legislative Department; In General; SECTION 33 Composition of Legislature; SECTION 34 Composition of House of Representatives; SECTION 35 Composition of Senate SECTION 36 SessionsSECTION 37 Elections of Members; SECTION 38 Election of Officers by Each House; SECTION 39 President Pro Tempore of Senate; Qualifications and Privileges of Legislators; SECTION 40 Oath of Office; SECTION 41 Qualifications of House of Representatives Members; SECTION 42 Qualifications of Senators; SECTION 43 Person Liable for Public Monies Ineligible for Office; SECTION 44 Ineligibility for Office of Person Convicted of Certain Crimes; SECTION 45 Member Eligibility for Offices Created During Term of Office; SECTION 46 Salaries of Members Summary In The Mississippi State Constitution, John W. Winkle III explores constitutional meaning in Mississippi, both past and present, and shows how, through their own interpretations, judges and other government actors have shaped that meaning. This book illustrates how the popular will of the moment, through constitutional reform conventions or approved amendments, may have both intended and unintended consequences for generations to come. Whether a constitution is a document of power or of limitation is an ageless and important question. The current and now antiquated 1890 version, its patchwork Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record Subject Constitutions -- Mississippi Constitutional law -- Mississippi Constitutional history -- Mississippi LAW -- Constitutional. LAW -- Public. Constitutional history Constitutional law Constitutions Mississippi Form Electronic book Author Mississippi. Constitution (1890) ISBN 9780199300631 0199300631

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