Researching Constitutional Law on the Internet
- United States and General
- Text
of U.S. Constitution (with references to cases, books, articles, and
additional commentary from The
Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and
Interpretation - also called The Annotated
Constitution (XXKF4527.U540 1996 LawRef)
- The Constitution
of the United States (via the Library of Congress)
- The Constitution of
the United States of America, Pocket Edition (May 16, 2000;
House Document 106-215; available in TEXT and PDF formats; see also Core
Documents of U.S. Democracy)
- Constitutional
Separation of Powers between the President and Congress
(U.S. Department of Justice March 7, 1996 memo in WordPerfect format)
- U.S.
Constitution (United States Information Agency (USIA); in French
and Spanish translation; see also French translations at
http://www.amb-usa.fr/french/constitu.htm - same as
http://www.usia.gov/usa/infousa/facts/aboutusa/constfr.htm - and
http://www.jura.uni-sb.de/france/Law-France/)
- La Constitution des États-Unis d'Amérique = The
Constitution of the United States of America in various foreign
languages, French (Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : Law Library, Library
of Congress, 1987)(reprint of the translation of the constitution and
amendments from Constitutions et documents politiques (Paris :
Presses universitaires de France, 1968). 19p. microfc
XXKF4526.C5U556 1987 Law.
- Mei-li-chien ho chung kuo
hsien fa (Constitution of the
United States in Chinese; provided by the American Institute in Taiwan
(AIT); see also Mei-li-chien ho chung kuo hsien fa= The
constitution of the United States of America in various foreign
languages : Chinese (Washington, D.C. : Law Library, Library of Congress,
1987)(LC 42.2:C 76/CHINESE)(20p.) - Reprint of 2 wai kuo fa chih shih
tzu liao hsuan pien. Beijing, Beijing University Press, 1982). 20p.
microfc XXKF4526.C5U556 1987 Law.
- Constitutional
Law, Individual Rights (Cornell links focusing on U.S. law, and
including research guide)
- Supreme Court of the
United States of America (site going online on 17 April 2000)
- United States
Supreme Court (guide to research resources in print and electronic
format for full text of decisions and briefs, oral arguments, news
stories including the LIIBULLETIN, biographical information
about its justices, and statistics)
- Guide to the United
States Supreme Court (via JURIST: The Law Professors' Network)
- FindLaw: Constitutional Law
Center (includes links to full texts of U.S. Supreme Court cases,
briefs, news, the Justices' biographies, history, etc., via its Supreme
Court Center; also includes texts of the U.S. Constitution, the
Articles of Confederation, and the Federalist Papers)
- FindLaw:
Constitutional Law Web Guide (links to web pages worldwide,
mainly U.S.)
- The U.S. Constitution
Online (usconstitution.net)
- Native American Constitution and
Law Digitization Project (cooperative effort of the University of
Oklahoma Law Center, the National Indian Law Library (NILL), and
Native American tribes to provide access to the Constitutions, Tribal
Codes, and other legal documents)
- The Influence of the U.S. Constitution Abroad:
- American Constitutionalism Abroad: Selected Essays in
Comparative Constitutional History (Goerge Athan Billias
ed., New York: Greenwood Press, 1990). XXKF4549.A43 1990 Law; Gen.
- Bill of Rights:
Comparative Law Materials (via Columbia's "Human Rights and
Constitutional Rights" resource page)
- Albert Blaustein, "The Influence of the United States Constitution
Abroad", 12 Oklahoma City University Law Review 435-467
(1987). KA1.O41 Law.
- Andrzej Rapaczynski, "Bibliographical Essay: The Influence
of the U.S. Constitution Abroad", in Constitutionalism and
Rights: The Influence of the United States Constitution Abroad
405-462 (Louis Henkin & Albert M. Rosenthal eds., New York:
Columbia University Press, 1990). XXKF4554.C660 1990 LawRes; Gen.
- Interpreting the
Declaration of Independence By Translation (interpretation in
Italy, France, Germany, Mexico, Israel, Poland, Russia, Japan, and
China; the site also contains multiple translations of the Declaration
into various languages)
- A
Special Relationship? American Influences on Public Law in the UK
(Ian Loveland ed., Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995). 322p.
XXKD3930.A75 S68 1995 Law.
- Texts of Constitutions:
- Non-U.S. Constitutions:
- French
Constitution (Conseil Constitutionnel page including links to the
full text of the Constitution of France of October 4, 1958 updated
through the June 28, 1999 constitutional revision, in French, English,
Spanish, and German; see also Ressources
en langues etrangeres ou a destination de visiteurs etrangers)
- The
Constitution of 1958 and Its Amendments (French Constitution in
English translation; translation prepared by the Press, Information
and Communication Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the
European Affairs Department of the National Assembly, May 1997)
- Constitution
of October 4, 1958 (in English with text updated following the
constitutional amendment of 8 july 1999 modifying articles 3 and 4 and
inserting a (new) article 53-2; Assemblee nationale et Ministere des
Affaires etrangeres, sept.1999)
- 1993
Constitution (People's Republic of China)
- Chinese
Constitution (three versions)
- In bester
Verfassung?! 50 Jahre Grundgesetz (Katalog, Verlag Dr. Otto
Schmidt, 1999)(ISBN 3-504-10003-6). Celebration of 50 years of the
Basic Law of Germany. WLaw55506 Law.
- Polish
Constitution (in English; see also Constitution of
Poland in English via the Uni-Würzberg's International
Constitutional Law (ICL) site)
- Constitució
Española (Spanish Constitution)
- International
Association of Constitutional Law (IACL)
- G.K. van
Hogendorpcentrum voor Europese Constitutionele Studies (Hogendorp
Centre for European Constitutional Studies directed by Mr.
Eijsbouts)
- Arnold
A. Saltzman Center for the Study of Constitutional Democracies
(Columbia University)
- Center for Human
Rights and Constitutional Law Foundation (CHRCL; Los Angeles,
California; covers U.S. domestic and international human rights;
amnesty, immigration law and policy, death penalty, civil rights,
Native American rights cases)
- University of
Cambridge Centre for Public Law (CCPR; UK)
- Center for
Constitutional Law (CCR; Erasmus University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands;
Centrum voor Constitutioneel Recht)
- Centre for
Constitutional Studies (Faculty of Law, University of Alberta,
Canada; includes related links)
- Centre for
Comparative Constitutional Studies (University of Melbourne Faculty
of Law, Australia)
- Center for Constitutionalism and Legal Culture, Institute of
Public Affairs, Warsaw, Poland (Centrum Konstytucjonalizmu i Kultury
Prawnej, Instytut Spraw Publicznych (ISP), Warszawa)
- European Public Law Centre (EPLC)
- Case Reports, Books, Journals, Articles, and Current Commentary
- Supreme Court (United
States)
- Corte Suprema de
Justicia (Argentina, Supreme Court; on the Poder Judicial de la Nacion (PJN)
page)
- Der Osterreichische
Verfassungsgerichtshof (VfGH; Austria, Constitutional Court)
- Supreme Court of
Justice (Costa Rica)
- Constitutional
Court (Sala Constitucional, Costa Rica)
- Conseil
Constitutionnel (France, Constitutional Court)
- Bundesverfassungsgericht
(BVerfG; Germany, Constitutional Court; see also the Bundesgerichtshof -
Supreme Court)
-
German supreme court decision on abortion: A contrast to Roe
v. Wade (includes link to the English
translation of the 1975 Abortion I Case by Robert E. Jonas and John D. Gorby in The John Marshall Journal of Practice
and Procedure (Vol. 9:605 (1976)) and original
German text of BVerfGE 39, 1 - Schwangerschaftsabbruch I)
- Tribunal
Constitucional (Portugal, Constitutional Court)
- Russian
Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of the Russian Federation
Law on "Cultural Objects Removed to the U.S.S.R. as a Result of World
War II and Located in the Territory of the Russian Federation",
No. 12-P (July 20, 1999; summary provided from ASIL's
International Law in Brief)
- Spain - Constitutional
Court: Araiz Flamarique v. Ministerio Fiscal (Office of the Public
Prosecutor), No. 136/1999 (July 20, 1999 decision related to
Basque separatists, freedom of expression summarized by the American
Society of International Law's International Law in Brief
newsletter) (Spanish language text)
- Corte
Costituzionale (Italian
Constitutional Court)
- Constitutional
Courts (links to 25 courts worldwide from the Council of Europe's
Venice Commission or
European Commission for Democracy Through Law; was at
http://www.coe.fr/venice/venice.htm)
- International Court
Network (links to 23 courts worldwide from Slovenia)
- Constitutional
Courts (links to 12 courts worldwide from the International
Constitutional Law project (ICL))
- Constitutional
Courts (links from Italy; moved?)
- Bulletin on Constitutional Case-Law (Council of Europe,
European Commission for Democracy Through Law - also called
"Venice Commission" - publication of summaries of European
constitutional court cases; also available in electronic format).
XXKJC4444.52.B85 Law.
- East European Case Reporter of Constitutional Law (Den
Bosch, The Netherlands: BookWorld
Publications, 1993- )(covers Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, the Czech
Republic, Romania, Hungary, Slovenia cases in English translation; web
site includes alphabetical cumulative subject index; "twice a year
the East European Case Reporter of Constitutional Law reveals
English translations of the most interesting landmark cases, decided
by constitutional courts in Eastern and Central Europe, [on topics
such as] Abortion, Religion and Democracy"). XXKJC4444.52.E378 Law.
- Journal of Constitutional Law in Eastern and Central Europe
(Boxtel, Netherlands : TFLR-Institute, [1994? - ; published by
BookWorld Publications, <1996-> )(ISSN 0928-964X). KA3.J6 Law.
- Jörg Berkemann, TopCases Verfassungsrecht: die studienrelevanten
Entscheidungen (Stuttgart : Richard Boorberg Verlag, 1998)(ISBN
3415021661)(a CD-ROM including the full texts of selected German constiutional
law-related cases, including those of the Bundesverfassungsgericht
(BVerfG) - German Federal Constitutional Court). "Top Cases".
CDRomXXKK4447.B475 1998 LawRef.
- Decisions of the Bundesverfassungsgericht - Federal
Constitutional Court - Federal Republic of Germany (Baden-Baden:
Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 1992- )(v.1: International Law and Law of
the European Communities (1952-1989); v.2: Freedom of Speech (Freedom
of Opinion and Artistic Expression, Broadcasting Freedom and Communication
Freedom of the Press, Freedom of Assembly) 1958-1995).
XXKK5466.5.B863 1992 Law.
- International Encyclopaedia of Laws: Constitutional Law
(Deventer ; Boston : Kluwer Law and Taxation Publishers, 1994- )(ISBN
9065449442). 4-volume looseleaf for updating. XXK3165.A5I574 Law.
- John Bell, French Constitutional Law (Oxford [England] :
Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, c1992)(ISBN
0198252714). 367p. XXKJV4390.B450 1992 LawRes.
- David P. Currie, Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Germany (Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1994)(ISBN
0226131130). 426p. XXKK4450.C870 1994 LawRes; Law; Gen.
- Donald P. Kommers, The Constitutional Jurisprudence of the Federal
Republic of Germany (2d ed., Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press,
1997)(ISBN 0822318326). 620p. XXKK4446.7.K660 1997 LawRes; Law.
- Annuaire international de justice constitutionnelle (Paris:
Economica, 1987-date). KA3.A38 Law.
- Les
cahiers du Conseil constitutionnel (France). KD1115.6.C7C37 Law.
- Donald P. Kommers & John E. Finn, American Constitutional Law :
Essays, Cases, and Comparative Notes (Belmont, CA :
West/Wadsworth, c1998)(ISBN 0314127453). 915p. Includes materials
from Germany, Canada, South Africa, and the European Court of Human Rights.
XXKF4550 .K65 1998 Law.
- Francisco Forrest Martin & Mark V. Tushnet, The Rights
International Companion to Constitutional Law: An International Human
Rights Law Supplement (The Hague: Kluwer Law International, 1999).
288p. Check for more information at Rights International
page). ISBN 9041106502.
- Ronald D. Rotunda & John E. Nowak, Treatise on Constitutional
Law: Substance and Procedure (3d ed., St. Paul, MN : West Group,
1999)(full text online as CONLAW in the WESTLAW legal database;
note that Newberg on Class Actions is also on WESTLAW as
CLASSACT). 5-volume set. XXKF4550.R632 1999 LawRes.
- Global Constitutionalism: Life and Death, Citizenship
(Paul Gewirtz & Jacob Katz Cogan eds., Yale Law School, 1999)(4th
volume of readings prepared in connection with the Global
Constitutionalism Seminar at Yale Law School; other volumes cover
"Freedom of Expression" and "Judicial Review" (v.1), "Religion" and
"Executive Power" (v.2), and "Equality" and "International Norms"
(v.3)). WLaw54691.
- Vicki C. Jackson & Mark V. Tushnet, Comparative Constitutional
Law (New York, NY: Foundation
Press, 1999)(University Casebook Series)(ISBN: 1-56662-728-1).
1507p. XXK3165.J328 1999 Law.
- Constitutional
Law Abstracts (Legal Scholarship Network's electronic journal of
summaries of working papers and articles; also includes browseable archives;
see alternate archives)
- Constitutional
Law Publications: Journals, Newsletters and Articles (from
FindLaw)
- East European
Constitutional Review (the EECR was formerly published by the
Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe; now published
jointly by New York University Law
School and Central European
University; indexed by ABSEES Online: The
American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies and UnCover (searchable index of tables
of contents of journals)). KA3.E212 LawRes; Law; DJK51.E37 Gen.
- Konstitutsionnoe pravo:
vostochnoevropeiskoe obozreniem (KPVO; Russian edition of the
East European Constitutional Review (EECR); on the Internet in
full text beginning with v.29, #4, 1999). WLaw90730 (incomplete run).
- Legal
Periodicals (University of Chicago links)
- Journal
Indexes (University of Chicago links, including to the UnCover journal table of contents
browse, search, and article delivery service)
- Library
Catalogs (holdings of libraries worldwide on constitutional law)
- Publishers
- Research Centers and Organizations
- Center for
Constitutional Studies (Canada)
- Center for the Study of Constitutionalism in Eastern Europe
- European Commission
for Democracy Through Law (Council of Europe's Venice Commission)
- Institute
for European Constitutional Law (IECL, University of Trier,
Germany)
- Walter
Hallstein-Institute for European Constitutional Law (WHI, Humboldt
University Berlin)
- Association des Cours
Constitutionnelles ayant en Partage l'Usage du
Français (ACCPUF; francophone constitutional courts;
constitutional law of French-speaking countries)
- Association
des Auditeurs de l'Académie Internationale de Droit
Constitutionnel (AAA-AIDC)
- L'Association
Internationale de Droit Constitutionnel (AIDC) = International Association
of Constitutional Law (IACL); see their Constitutions
et Religions publication)
- Project on International
Courts and Tribunals (PICT; web site of the Foundation
for International Environmental Law and Development, London, and the
Center on International Cooperation, New York University; addresses
the legal, institutional and financial issues arising from
the multiplication of international courts and tribunals, and contains
news concerning all existing international courts and tribunals (i.e.
judgments, appointment of judges, etc))
- Listservs, Newsgroups, and Other Communication Networks
- Other Sources (including non-U.S.)
- Constitutional
Courts (Council of Europe's Venice Commission's links to the web
sites of the constitutional courts and equivalent bodies for Armenia,
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, the Court of
Justice of the European Communities, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
European Court of Human Rights, France, Georgia, Hungary, Italy,
Japan, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa,
Spain, and Switzerland)
- International
Supreme Court Decisions (links to supreme courts worldwide)
- Constitutions
and Constitutional Courts (University of Chicago international
links to:
- International Constitutional Law at the Uni Würzberg (formerly at
the Legal Institute, Cornell Law School, and at Uni Hamburg before
that)
- Constitutional Court Network (CoCoNet)
- International Court Network (CourtNet; links to "judicial
institutions with the function of Constitutional Review")
- International Association for Constitutional Law
- World Constitutions (from The
Internet Wiretap - see also gopher and web archive of
constitutional texts for Australia, Canada, China, the Confederate
States, England, Estonia, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iroquois,
Italy, Japan, Macedonia, Malawi, Mexico, Peru, Romania, Slovakia, USA,
USSR 1977)
- Constitution
Finder (national and state constitutions worldwide)
- Investigaciones Derecho Constitucional (Constitutions in Spanish)
- Centrum voor Constitutioneel Recht/Center of Constitutional Law
(CCR/CCL at the Erasmus University Rotterdam)
- East European Constitutional Review (journal)
- Constitutional
Law (FindLaw links to all types of related Internet resources)
- Constitutional
Law (Yahoo links)
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Compiled by Lyonette Louis-Jacques on 4 September 1997. Updated 25 May 2000.