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—Jonathan Marshfield, University of Arkansas School of Law On January 22, 2016, the Arkansas Law Review hosted a symposium on State Constitutional Change: Traditions, Trends, and Theory at the University of Arkansas School of Law in Fayetteville, Arkansas. I convened the symposium along with Richard Albert (Boston College). The aim of the symposium was to
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