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The New Frontier Of State Constitutional Law, Jim Rossi, James A. Gardner
The New Frontier Of State Constitutional Law, Jim Rossi, James A. Gardner
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
In the past decade, a new frontier of constitutional discourse has begun to emerge, adding a fresh perspective to state constitutional law. Instead of treating states as jurisdictional islands in a sea under reign of the federal government, this new approach sees states as co-equals among themselves and between them and the federal government in a collective enterprise of democratic self-governance. This Symposium, organized around the theme of Dual Enforcement of Constitutional Norms, provides the occasion for leading scholars on state constitutional law to take a fresh look at their subject by adopting a vantage point outside of the individualized …