Maryland State Constitution: A Reference Guide.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: Reference & Research Book News | Date: February 1, 2006 | Copyright information

0313320446

The Maryland state constitution; a reference guide.

Friedman, Dan.

Praeger

2006

399 pages

$129.95

Hardcover

Reference guides to the state constitutions of the United States; no.41

KFM1601

This study of the Maryland Constitution is part of the series Reference Guides to the State Constitutions of the United States. The volume begins ...

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