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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Preface to the First Edition | |
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| Preface to the Second Edition | |
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| The Arizona Constitution | |
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| The Importance of State Constitutions | |
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| The Hierarchy of Laws | |
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| The Many Sources of Arizona Law | |
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| Resolving Conflicts between Laws | |
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| Amending the Arizona Constitution | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Origins of the Arizona Constitution | |
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| Arizona's First Governments | |
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| The Pre-territorial Period | |
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| The Territorial Period: 1863 to 1912 | |
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| The Push for Statehood | |
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| Federal Opposition | |
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| The Enabling Act of 1910 | |
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| The Framers of the Arizona Constitution | |
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| The Constitution of 1910 | |
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| The Taft Veto and Its Aftermath | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| The Legislative Branch | |
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| Structure of the Legislature | |
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| Legislative Elections | |
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| Arizona's Citizen Legislature | |
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| Organization of the Legislature | |
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| Responsibilities of the Legislature | |
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| The Lawmaking Process | |
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| Fiscal Powers | |
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| Government Oversight Powers | |
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| Other Legislative Powers | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Direct Democracy | |
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| The Theory of Direct Democracy | |
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| How the Procedures Work | |
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| The Initiative | |
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| The Referendum | |
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| Recall | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| The Executive Branch | |
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| Executive-Branch Structure | |
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| A "Plural" Executive Branch | |
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| Elected Officials | |
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| The Governor's Powers | |
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| Administrative Powers | |
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| Lawmaking Powers | |
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| Judicial Powers | |
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| Informal Powers | |
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| Other Elected Officials | |
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| The Secretary of State | |
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| The Attorney General | |
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| The State Treasurer | |
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| The Superintendent of Public Instruction | |
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| The State Mine Inspector | |
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| Arizona Corporation Commissioners | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| The Judicial Branch | |
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| The Power of the Judicial Branch | |
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| How Judges Make Law and Public Policy | |
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| Judicial Review | |
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| The Court System | |
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| Arizona's Major Courts | |
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| The Relationship between State and Federal Courts | |
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| How Judges Are Chosen, Retained, and Removed | |
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| Judicial Selection and Retention before Merit Selection | |
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| Removing Judges | |
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| Judicial Procedures | |
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| A Typical Felony Case | |
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| A Typical Tort Case | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Local Government | |
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| Why We Have Local Governments | |
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| Counties | |
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| What Counties Do | |
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| How Counties Are Governed | |
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| The Problem of County Governance | |
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| Cities and Towns | |
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| What Cities and Towns Do | |
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| How Cities and Towns Are Governed | |
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| District Governments | |
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| School Districts | |
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| Community College Districts | |
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| Special Taxing Districts | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Appendix: Taft's Veto of Arizona Statehood | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Notes | |
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| Figure Credits | |
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| Index | |