Viewing Constitution Category (11) found:Book Reviews of William Anderson's "A History of the Constitution of Minnesota" (1921-22)."A History of the Constitution of Minnesota" by Professor William Anderson and Albert J. Lobb, published in 1921, is the definitive history of the state constitution approved Republican and Democratic conventions and ratified by voters on October 13, 1857. It was reviewed in five scholarly journal... Douglas A. Hedin, "Commissioners of Deeds for Minnesota, 1851-1973."The offices of commissioner of deeds and its sibling, notary public, were established by the Territorial Legislative Assembly in 1851, and preserved in the state constitution adopted in October 1857. During the decades that followed, notaries thrived while commissioners of deeds declined until onl... Stephen R. Riggs: "The Minnesota Constitution in the Dakota Language." (1858)In 1858, Stephen R. Riggs's translation of the Constitution of Minnesota into Dakota was published "By Order of The Hazelwood Republic." ... Douglas A. Hedin, "Application of Sioux Indians to Become Citizens." (1861).In June 1861 Judge Lewis Branson held a hearing in District Court, Mankato, Minnesota, on applications for citizenship of nine residents of the Hazelwood Republic under a law passed by the state legislature three months earlier. This is the story of those proceedings. ... G. Theodore Mitau: "Proposed Amendments to the Minnesota Constitution: 1858 - 1958." (1960)This table of the number of amendments to the Minnesota Constitution that were proposed between 1858 and 1958, and those that were passed and rejected, appeared in a law review article published by G. Theodore Mitau in 1960. ... Douglas A. Hedin: "The Quicksands of Originalism: Interpreting Minnesota's Constitutional Past." (2003)Very little of the burgeoning literature on "originalism" is devoted to its place in state constitutional law. This article explores practical barriers to the use of originalism by the Minnesota Supreme Court. It does not address the worthiness of the originalist school of adjudication
Debates and Proceedings of the Democratic Wing of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention (1857).A constitutional convention to adopt a constitution for the new state of Minnesota was held in St. Paul from July 13 to August 29, 1857. It immediately divided into separate Democratic and Republican wings, which held and recorded their own debates. They finally authorized a conference committee o... Debates and Proceedings of the Republican Wing of the Minnesota Constitutional Convention (1857).A constitutional convention to adopt a constitution for the new state of Minnesota was held in St. Paul from July 13 to August 29, 1857. It immediately divided into separate Democratic and Republican wings, which held and recorded their own debates. They finally authorized a conference committee o... William Anderson & Albert J. Lobb: A History of the Constitution of Minnesota (1921).The definitive history of the drafting and adoption of the Minnesota constitution by Democratic and Republican conventions and its ratification by voters in 1857 was written by William Anderson, Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department of the University of Minnesota, with the help of ... William Anderson: "The Constitution of Minnesota" (1921)."The Constitution of Minnesota" by Professor William Anderson of the University of Minnesota Political Science Department, was published in the May 1921 issue of the Minnesota Law Review. It is posted here.
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