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The Report of New Jersey's Constitutional Commission

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The Report of the Commission on Revision of the New Jersey Constitution (Trenton: May, 1942, 59 pp.), as conditioned by the peculiarities of the state's governmental environment, is conventional in philosophy but unique in many particulars. It recommends a new state constitution, which is set forth in full—a proposed constitution relatively short, and showing some rigidity in legislative organization and procedure, but ample flexibility in its executive and judicial provisions.The two outstanding characteristics of the proposed new constitution are its pronounced emphasis, first, upon positive restriction of the legislature to policy-making functions, and second, upon the identification of administrative responsibility through appropriate structural organization. Judicial reform has been the motivation for constitutional revision in New Jersey for over fifty years, and in recognition, the new document supplies a complete reorganization of the judicial system.

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  • Miller, William, 1942. "The Report of New Jersey's Constitutional Commission," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 36(5), pages 900-906, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:36:y:1942:i:05:p:900-906_04
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