The Maine State Constitution

Informationen zum Autor Marshall J. Tinkle is a Partner at Tompkins, Clough, Hirshon & Langer, P.A. in Portland Maine. He received his BA from Harvard, magna cum laude, and , and his J.D. from Cornell University. Mr. Tinkle clerked for the Honorable David A. Nichols of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, and is admitted to the bars for the Distric of Columbia, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, Eleventh Circuit, and the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Tinkle is the author of many law review and journal articles in the areas of constitutional law, property law, and workers' compensation. He is an active member of multiple state Bar Associations as well as the American Bar Association. Mr. Tinkle primarily practices in the areas of Civil Litigation, Consititutional Law, Admiralty Law, Appellate Practice, Bankruptcy, Probate, and Estate Planning. Klappentext The Maine State Constitution traces the history of Maine's constitution from its statehood in 1820 to the present day, highlighting major trends and developments in constitutional revision and interpretation. Zusammenfassung The Maine State Constitution traces the history of Maine's constitution from its statehood in 1820 to the present day, highlighting major trends and developments in constitutional revision and interpretation.

List of contents

• Series Foreword


• Foreword


• Preface


• Acknowledgements


• The Constitutional History of Maine


• The Maine Constitution and Commentary


• Article I: Declaration of Rights


• Article II: Electors


• Article III: Distribution of Powers


• Article IV: Part First: House of Representatives


• Article IV: Part Second: Senate


• Article IV: Part Third: Legislative Power


• Article V: Part First: Executive Power


• Article V: Part Second: Secretary


• Article V: Part Third: Treasurer


• Article VI: Judicial Power


• Article VII: Military


• Article VIII: Part First: Education


• Article VIII: Part Second: Municipal Home Rule


• Article IX: General Provisions


• Article X: Additional Provisions


• Bibliographical Essay


• Table of Cases


• Index


• About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Marshall J. Tinkle, Tinkle Marshall J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2013
• EAN: 9780199860579
• ISBN: 978-0-19-986057-9
• No. of pages: 256
• Series: Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States; Oxford Commentaries on the Sta
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, LAW / Legal History, LAW / Constitutional, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Executive Branch, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / Legislative Branch, Legal History, United States of America, USA, Constitution: government & the state, Constitution: government and the state, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general