U.S. Constitution law resources

U.S. Constitution law resources

Primary Sources

United States Code Annotated . West Pub. Co., 1927-. 2d floor
Annotated edition of the U. S. Constitution in multiple volumes.
United States Code Service. Lexis Law Publishing, 1992-. 2d floor
Annotated edition of the U. S. Constitution in multiple volumes.
Columbia University. Legislative Drafting Research Fund. Constitutions of the United States, National and State. 2d ed. Oceana Publications, 1974- .7 vols. KF4530 C6 1974
Kaminski, John P. and Gaspare J. Saladino, eds. Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1976-. KF4502 D63 Vol. 2 is Pennsylvania.
Kurland, Philip and Ralph Lerner, eds. The Founders’ Constitution. University of Chicago Pr., 1986. 5 vols. Important collection of documents leading up to the creation of the Constitution.

Bibliography

Hall, Kermit L. A Comprehensive Bibliography of American Constitutional and Legal History, 1896-1979. Kraus International, 1984. 5 vols. KF4541 H34 1984
Hall, Kermit L. A Comprehensive Bibliography of American Constitutional and Legal History. Supplement 1980-1987. Kraus International, 1991. 2 vols. KF4541 H34 1984

Casebooks

Sullivan, Kathleen M. and Gerald Gunther. Constitutional Law. 16th ed. Foundation Pr., 2007.
KF4549 G87 2007

Briefs

Landmark Briefs and Arguments of the Supreme Court of the United States: Constitutional. University Publications, 1975- . 112 vols. KF101.9 L36x

Encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence 2d Constitutional Law Vols. 16-16B
Corpus Juris Secundum Constitutional Law Vols. 16-16D
Duquesne University Center for Legal Information Prepared by: Joel Fishman, Ph.D. ~ August 2009 U.S. Constitutional Law Research Guide:

Treatises

Antieau, Chester James. Modern Constitutional Law. 2d ed. West Group, 1997. 3 vols. KF4550 A75 1997
Baker, Thomas E. and Jerre S. Williams. Constitutional Analysis in a Nutshell. 2d ed. Thomson/West 2003. KF4550 Z9W53 2003
Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation. Library of Congress Ed. (2004) (KF4527 A3 2004)
Single volume detailed account of the Constitution. Available also online at https://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/index.html
Barron, Jerome A. and C. Thomas Dienes. Constitutional Law in a Nutshell. 6th ed. Thomson/West, 2005. Nutshell Series. KF4550 Z9B35 2005.
Barron, Jerome A. and C. Thomas Dienes. First Amendment Law in a Nutshell. 4th ed. Thomson/West, 2008. Nutshell Series. KF4770 Z9B37 2008.
Coenen, Dan T. Constitutional Law: The Commerce Clause. N.Y.: Foundation Pr., 2004. Turning Point Series. KF4606 C63 2004
Cogan, Neil H., ed. The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources and Origins. Oxford U. Pr., 1997. KF4744 1997
Conkle, Daniel O. Constitutional Law: The Religion Clauses. 2d ed. N.Y.: Foundation Pr., 2009. Turning Point Series. KF4783 C66 2003
Friesen, Jennifer. State Constitutional Law: Litigating Individual Rights, Claims and Defenses. 4th ed. Lexis , 2006. KF4750.Z9F75 2006
Levy, Leonard and Kenneth L. Karst, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2d ed. Macmillan, 2000. 6vols. KF4548 E53 2000
Lewis, Harold S., Jr. and Elizabeth J. Norman. Civil Rights and Practice. Thomson/West, 2004. Hornbook Series. KF4749 L495 2004
Nowak, John E. and Ronald D. Rotunda. Constitutional Law. 7th ed. West Pub. Co., 2004. (Hornbook Series). KF4550 N6 2004
Nowak, John E. and Ronald D. Rotunda. Principles of Constitutional Law. 3d ed. West Pub. Co., 2007. (Concise Hornbook Series). KF4550 Z9N69 2007
Duquesne University Center for Legal Information Prepared by: Joel Fishman, Ph.D. ~ August 2009 U.S. Constitutional Law Research Guide:

Rotunda, Ronald D. and John E. Nowak. Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure. 4th ed. West Pub. Co., 2007. 6 vols. KF4550 R63 2007
Schwartz, Bernard. The Bill of Rights: A Documentary History. Chelsea House, 1971. 2 vols. KF4744 S3 1971
Seidman, Louis Michael. Constitutional Law: Equal Protection of the Laws. N.Y.: Foundation Pr., 2003. Turning Point Series. KF4764 Z9S45 2003
Tribe, Laurence H. American Constitutional Law. 2d & 3d ed. Foundation Pr., 1988-2000. KF4550 T785 1988/2000
Vile, John R. A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments. 4th ed. Praeger Pr., 2006. KF4550 V55 2006
Vile, John R. The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America’s Founding. ABC-CLIO, 2005. 2 vols. KF4510 V55 2005
Vile, John R. Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2002. 2d ed. ABC-CLIO, 2003. KF4557 V555 2003

Legal Periodicals

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law
Berkeley Journal of Gender, Law & Justice
Buffalo Human Rights Law Review
Buffalo Women’s Law Journal
Cardoza Journal of Law and Gender
Cato Supreme Court Review
Chicana/o-Latina/o Law Review
Columbia Human Rights Law Review
Columbia Journal of Gender and Law
Constitutional Commentary
Crisis (NAACP)
Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy
Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy
Federal Lawyer
First Amendment Law Review
George Mason University Civil Rights Law Journal
Harvard Civil Rights – Civil Liberties Law Review
Harvard Human Rights Journal
Hastings Constitutional Law Quarterly
Michigan Journal of Race & Law
New York Law School Journal of Human Rights
Northwestern University Journal of International Human Rights
Northwestern Journal of Law & Social Policy
Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion
Seton Hall Constitutional Law Journal
Social Justice
Stanford Journal of Civil Rights & Civil Liberties
Temple Political & Civil Rights Law Review
Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law

Web sites

  • Documents from the Continental Congress and the Constitutional Convention, 1774-1789
    Includes the Continental Congress Broadside Collection of 265 titles from 1774 to 1788 and the Constitutional Convention Broadside Collection of 21 titles.
  • A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation, 1774-1875
    This collection includes the Journals of the Continental Congress, Letters of Delegates to Congress, Farrand’s Records (The Records of the Constitutional Convention of 1787), and
  • Elliot’s Debates (The Debates in the Several State Conventions on the Adoption of the Federal Constitution). For 1789-1873, there are the debates of Congress (Annals of Congress, Register of Debates, Congressional Globe, and Congressional Record), U. S. Statutes at Large.
  • The Founders’ Constitution. University of Chicago Press and Liberty Fund.
  • The electronic version of the bound volumes.
  • LEGAL INFORMATION INSTITUTE
    https://topics.law.cornell.edu/wex/Constitutional_law
  • CRS Annotated Constitution, U. S. Supreme Court cases, Links to State Constitutions ; Historical cases (700+) many of which are constitutional cases
  • Duquesne University Center for Legal Information Prepared by: Joel Fishman, Ph.D. ~ August 2009 U.S. Constitutional Law Research Guide:
  • Constitution of the United States, 2007 ed., H.R. Document 110-50
    https://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_documents&docid=f:hd050.pdf
  • Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation,
    https://www.gpoaccess.gov/constitution/browse2002.html#2004
    Annotated edition by CRS
  • Federalist Papers
    https://thomas.loc.gov/home/histdox/fedpapers.html
  • Constitutional Society, https://www.constitution.org/
    Extensive collection of primary and secondary sources
  • Exploring Constitutional Law, Douglas Linder, UMKC Law School
    https://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/Ftrials/conlaw/home.html
  • Extensive collection of links to history, constitutional law cases
    Constitutional Law Case Briefs
    https://www.4lawschool.com/conlaw/conlaw.htm

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