Recommended Citation
Hugh D. Spitzer, New Life for the ‘Criteria Tests’ in State Constitutional Jurisprudence: ‘Gunwall is Dead—Long Live Gunwall”, 37 Rutgers L.J. 1169 (2006), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/778
Keywords
State constitutional law, state constitutional jurisprudence
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Outlines the develoment of state constitutional jurisprudence in Washington State between 1986 and 2006. Provides a general theory of state constitutional analysis, and recommends retention of the "creteria" approach to application of state constitutions, primarily as an interpretive tool.