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Florida State University College of Law Research Center Researching Constitutions: Comparative Constitutional Law Robin R. Gault Associate Director October 2008

Florida State University College of Law Research Center The idea of a constitution. What is it? Why is it? Why compare? U.S. Constitution as model for others.

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Researching the Constitution Congressional Research Service Annotated Constitution: PDF of print version from GPO: Annotated Constitutions in print and online: U.S. Code Annotated (KF 62 W4, also in Westlaw) and U.S. Code Service (KF L38, also in Lexis.)

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Court Decisions

Florida State University College of Law Research Center The U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court Official Page: Cornell LII Supreme Court Collection:

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Researching Foreign Constitution Texts Subscription database: Oceana Publications, [Constitutions of the] Countries of the World & [Constitutions of] Dependencies and Territories: In paper at K 3157 E5 B6. Connect online through Research Center webpage: html

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Foreign Constitutions on the Web University of Richmond Constitution Finder:

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Washburn Law School WashLaw: tutionallaw.html

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

World Legal Information Institute:

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Foreign Law in Westlaw and Lexis Lexis > Legal > Find Laws by Country or Region Lexis > Legal > Area of Law – By Topic > International Law Westlaw > Directory > International/Worldwide Materials

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Researching Analytical Sources Limited utility of constitutional texts. Need for background, history, analysis.

Florida State University College of Law Research Center Locating Treatises and Essay Collections FSU Library Catalog: Click on link on Research Center home page. Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutional” to begin search.

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Locating Articles Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (Full Text and Retrospective): Click link on Research Center page: html#mostusedlegal Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutions” to start.

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Articles Online Note that you can link to full text of many articles from the ILP cite. You can also use the E-Journals search feature to locate specific journals online at FSU. Click link on Research Center page or go to

Florida State University College of Law Research Center

Online Research Guides on Comparative Constitutional Law Georgetown Law Library: rativeConstitutionalLaw.cfm Cleveland-Marshall Law Library: ces/lawpubs/ComparativeConstitutionalLa wGuide.html

Florida State University College of Law Research Center A Few Recent Books Choudry, The Migration of Constitutional Ideas (Law K 3165 M ) Goldsworthy, Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study (Law K 3165 I ) Maddex, Constitutions of the World (Law K 3157 E5 M ) McHugh, Comparative Constitutional Traditions (Law K 3165 M ) Venter, Constitutional Comparison (Law K 3165 V )