1. The United States as a Democratic Ideal? International Lessons in Referendum Democracy;K K Duvivier;TEMP. L. REV,2006
2. Sess. 2, c. 2 (1689). 81 "[I]f we, our justiciary, our bailiffs, or any of our officers, shall in any circumstance fail in the performance of them, towards any person, . . . the said four barons shall repair to us, or our justiciary, if we are out of the realm, and, laying open the grievance, shall petition to have it redressed without delay;W;MAGNA CARTA,1215
3. California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking Unlimited (1972)
4. The petitioning process "originated more bills in pre-constitutional America than any other source of legislation;Gary Lawson;NW. U. L. REV,1999