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Florida State University College of Law Research Center
Researching Constitutions:Comparative Constitutional Law
Robin R. GaultAssociate Director
October 2008
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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.
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Florida State University College of Law Research Center
Researching the Constitution
Congressional Research Service Annotated Constitution:http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/ PDF of print version from GPO:http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
Annotated Constitutions in print and online: U.S. Code Annotated (KF 62 W4, also in Westlaw) and U.S. Code Service (KF 62 1972 L38, also in Lexis.)
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Court Decisions
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The U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court Official Page:
http://www.supremecourtus.gov/
Cornell LII Supreme Court Collection:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/index.html
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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:
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/lawdatabases.html
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Foreign Constitutions on the Web
University of Richmond Constitution Finder:
http://confinder.richmond.edu/
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Washburn Law School WashLaw:
http://www.washlaw.edu/
http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/alpha/c/constitutionallaw.html
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World Legal Information Institute:
http://www.worldlii.org/
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Foreign Law inWestlaw and Lexis
Lexis > Legal > Find Laws by Country or Region
Lexis > Legal > Area of Law – By Topic > International Law
Westlaw > Directory > International/Worldwide Materials
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Florida State University College of Law Research Center
ResearchingAnalytical Sources
Limited utility of constitutional texts.
Need for background, history, analysis.
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Locating Treatisesand Essay Collections
FSU Library Catalog:
Click on link on Research Center home page.
Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutional” to begin search.
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Locating Articles
Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (Full Text and Retrospective):
Click link on Research Center page:
http://www.law.fsu.edu/library/legalresearch.html#mostusedlegal
Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutions” to start.
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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 http://www.lib.fsu.edu/find/journals
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Online Research Guides on Comparative Constitutional Law
Georgetown Law Library:
http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/guides/ComparativeConstitutionalLaw.cfm
Cleveland-Marshall Law Library:
http://www.law.csuohio.edu/lawlibrary/resources/lawpubs/ComparativeConstitutionalLawGuide.html
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A Few Recent Books
Choudry, The Migration of Constitutional Ideas (Law K 3165 M54 2006)
Goldsworthy, Interpreting Constitutions: A Comparative Study (Law K 3165 I584 2006)
Maddex, Constitutions of the World (Law K 3157 E5 M33 2001)
McHugh, Comparative Constitutional Traditions (Law K 3165 M39 2002)
Venter, Constitutional Comparison (Law K 3165 V46 2000)