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Researching Constitutions: Comparative Constitutional Law Robin R. Gault Associate Director October 2008

Researching Constitutions: Comparative Constitutional Law Robin R. Gault Associate Director October 2008. The idea of a constitution. What is it? Why is it? Why compare? U.S. Constitution as model for others.

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Researching Constitutions: Comparative Constitutional Law Robin R. Gault Associate Director October 2008

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  1. Researching Constitutions: Comparative Constitutional Law Robin R. Gault Associate Director October 2008

  2. The idea of a constitution. What is it? Why is it? Why compare? U.S. Constitution as model for others.

  3. Researching the ConstitutionCongressional Research Service Annotated Constitution:http://www.law.cornell.edu/anncon/PDF of print version from GPO:http://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.htmlAnnotated 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.)

  4. Court Decisions

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Foreign Constitutions on the Web University of Richmond Constitution Finder: http://confinder.richmond.edu/

  8. Washburn Law School WashLaw: http://www.washlaw.edu/ http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/alpha/c/constitutionallaw.html

  9. World Legal Information Institute: http://www.worldlii.org/

  10. 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

  11. ResearchingAnalytical Sources Limited utility of constitutional texts. Need for background, history, analysis.

  12. Locating Treatisesand Essay Collections FSU Library Catalog: Click on link on Research Center home page. Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutional” to begin search.

  13. 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.

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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)

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