Galie / Bopst / Benjamin New York's Broken Constitution

The Governance Crisis and the Path to Renewed Greatness
1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6334-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 340 Seiten

Reihe: SUNY series in American Constitutionalism

Examines the significant gaps between what New York State’s constitution says and how the state is actually governed and offers ideas for reform.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Galie, Peter J.

Bopst, Christopher

Benjamin, Gerald

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface


Introduction

Peter J. Galie and Gerald Benjamin


I. The Care and Maintenance of the State Constitution


1. Cleaning the Constitution Part I: Institutions and Rights

Peter J. Galie and
Christopher Bopst


2. Cleaning the Constitution Part II: Public Policies

Peter J. Galie and
Christopher Bopst


II. Institutions


3. New York State’s Allegedly Unified Court System

Daniel L. Feldman and
Marc C. Bloustein


4. These Seats May Not Be Saved: A Fair and Rule-Bound Legislative Reapportionment Process

Jeffrey Wice and
Todd A. Breitbart


5. “Mixed Messages:” The Governor’s Message of Necessity and the Legislative Process in New York

Peter J. Galie


6. “Mind the Gap”: The Promise and Limits of Home Rule in New York

Richard Briffault


III. Policies


7. “Till Debt Do Us Part”: The Opportunity for New York Finance Law to Enter the Twenty-First Century

Kenneth Bond


8. “The Gift That Keeps on Giving”: New York’s Approach to Gifts and Loans of Public Money and Credit

Christopher Bopst


9. “Forever Wild”: The Treatment of Conservation and the Environment by the New York State Constitution

Paul Bray


10. Gaming the Constitution: Why New York’s Constitutional Gambling Prohibition Does Not Prohibit Gambling

Gerald Benjamin


IV. Constitutional Change


11. “All or Nothing at All”: Changing the ConstitutionThe Reform Dilemma

Gerald Benjamin


Coda. Should Voters Approve the 2017 Ballot Proposition Calling for a Constitutional Convention?


List of Contributors

Table of Cases

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Peter J. Galie is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Canisius College. Christopher Bopst is Chief Legal and Financial Officer at Sam-Son Logistics. They are the coauthors of The New York State Constitution, Second Edition. Gerald Benjamin is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Director of the Benjamin Center at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is coauthor (with Daniel L. Feldman) of Tales from the Sausage Factory: Making Laws in New York State, also published by SUNY Press, and coeditor (with Henrik N. Dullea) of Decision 1997: Constitutional Change in New York.