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Previous edition: 2014.Texas Legends: Texas Railroad Commission of Texas
Texas versus Bavaria
Bureaucratic Accountability
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 7: Texas Judicial System
Judicial Federalism and Texas Courts
Texas versus Kansas
Local Trial Courts
County-Level Trial Courts
Texas Legends: Judge Roy Bean
District Courts (State-Level Trial Courts)
Appellate Courts
Texas Legends: Raul A.
Chapter 1: Introduction
Texas Geography
History: The Birth of Texas Traditions
Texas Statehood
Texas Legends: Sam Houston
Texas Legends: Bob Bullock
Transitions to the Twenty-first Century
A Tradition of Change
Winners and Losers
Texas versus Vermont
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 2: Texas Constitution
Constitutional Government
The Federal System of the United States
Texas and the Fed on Abortion
Texas Constitutions
Texas Legends: James Collinsworth
Texas Legends: E. J. Davis
The Current System: The Constitution of 1876
Texas versus Connecticut
Criticisms of the Texas Constitution
Texas versus Massachusetts
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 3: Texas Legislature
The Texas Legislature in Context
Typologies of State Legislatures
Qualifications for Office and Length of Terms
Theories of Representation
Texas Legends: Barbara C. Jordan
Winners and Losers
Electing the State Legislature
Texas versus North Dakota
Texas versus Arizona
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 4: Legislative Organization and Process
Legislative Organization
Texas versus Nebraska
Texas versus New South Wales
Winners and Losers
Legislative Process
Texas Legends: The Killer Bees
Winners and Losers
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 5: Texas Governors
The Office of the Governor
Texas Legends: Ann Richards
Powers of the Governor
Informal Powers
Winners and Losers
Texas versus Louisiana
Conclusion
Key Terms
Review Questions
Chapter 6: The Plural Executive and Bureaucracy in Texas
The Plural Executive
Boards and Commissions
Texas versus Georgia
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Lone star politics : tradition and transformation in Texas by Kenneth E. Collier. ISBN 9781483352763. Published by CQ Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.