Part I: North Carolina Constitutional History
Part II: North Carolina Constitution and Commentary
Preamble
Article I: Declaration of Rights
Article II: Legislative
Article III: Executive
Article IV: Judicial
Article V: Finance
Article VI: Suffrage and Eligibility to Vote and Hold Office
Article VII: Local Government
Article VII: Corporations
Article IX: Education
Article X: Homesteads and Exemptions
Article XI: Punishments, Corrections, and Charities
Article XII: Military Forces
Article XIII: Conventions; Constitutional Amendment and
Revision
Article XIV: Miscellaneous
Bibliographical Essay
Table of Cases
Index
John V. Orth is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor of Law at the
University of North Carolina, where he teaches property and legal
history. After receiving a law degree and Ph.D. in history from
Harvard University, he clerked for the Honorable John J. Gibbons of
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He is the author
of more than sixty law review articles and book chapters on
constitutional law, property law, and legal history, as well
as six books-including The Judicial Power of the United States: The
Eleventh Amendment in American History (Oxford University Press,
1987) and Combination and Conspiracy: A Legal History of Trade
Unionism 1721-1906
(Oxford University Press, 1991). His publications have been cited
by federal and state courts, including the United States Supreme
Court and the North Carolina Supreme Court. Professor Orth is the
recipient of the University of North Carolina's award for
excellence in post-graduate education and the Law School's award
for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching.
Paul Martin Newby is a justice of the Supreme Court of North
Carolina as well as an adjunct professor of law at Campbell
University, where he teaches state constitutional law and appellate
practice. Justice Newby earned his undergraduate degree in Public
Policy Studies from Duke University and his law degree from the
University of North Carolina. Prior to taking the bench in 2004, he
practiced law in the private sector with a law firm and as general
counsel of a company, then
served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern
District of North Carolina. His teaching experience encompasses
courses for the United States Department of Justice, the North
Carolina Judicial College, and
continuing legal education, including litigation under the North
Carolina Constitution. In recognition of his professional service,
Justice Newby received the James Iredell Award, the North Carolina
Bar Association Citizen Lawyer Award, and an Honorary Doctor of
Laws from Southern Wesleyan University.
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