The New Jersey State Constitution

Robert F. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University School of Law, Camden, and Associate Director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies. He holds a B.A. from Florida State, a J.D. from the University of Florida, and LL.M. degrees from New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School. Professor Williams served as a legislative assistant during the 1967 Special Constitutional Revision session of the Florida Legislature and represented clients before the 1978 Florida Constitution Revision Commission. Professor Williams teaches Civil Procedure, State Constitutional Law and Statutory Interpretation at Rutgers Law School in Camden, in addition to writing and practicing in those areas. He is the author of The Law of American State Constitutions (Oxford Univ. Press 2009); State Constitutional Law: Cases and Materials (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers 2006); Drafting State Constitutions, Revisions and Amendments (2006) (with Frank P. Grad); and numerous journal articles about state constitutional law and legislation. He is also co-author (with Hetzel and Libonati) of Legislative Law and Statutory Interpretation (4th ed., Lexis Law Publishers, 2008).

SERIES FOREWORD by Lawrence Friedman
FOREWORD by Richard J. Hughes
Preface to the Third Edition
Preface to the Second Edition
INTRODUCTION
PART I. THE CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY
PART II. NEW JERSEY CONSTITUTION AND COMMENTARY
Article I: Rights and Privileges
Article II: Elections and Suffrage
Article III: Distribution of the Powers of Government
Article IV: Legislative
Article V: Executive
Article VI: Judicial
Article VII. Public Officers and Employees
Article VIII. Taxation and Finance
Article IX. Amendments
Article X: General Provisions
Article XI: Schedule
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY
TABLE OF CASES
INDEX