Comparative Constitutional Law

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Fall 2005

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This page includes:

• Primary Materials
• Secondary Materials
• Journal Articles

Primary Materials- Online

• Constitution Finder List of constitutions by country created by Professor John Paul Jones, University of Richmond.
• International Constitutional Law Project World Constitutions compiled by the International Constitutional Law Project at the University of Berne.
• Constitutional Courts Links to constitutional courts and equivalent bodies around the world maintained by the Council of Europe.
• Iraqi Constitutional Committee Official website of the Iraqi Constitutional Committee.
• Unofficial Iraqi draft constitution.Unofficial English language version of the Iraqi draft constitution, translated by the AP.

Primary Materials- Books

• Blaustein, A.P.and G.H. Flanz (eds.) Constitutions of the Countries of the World : A series of updated texts, constitutional chronologies and annotated bibliographies. Oceana Publications. K3157.A2 B58 1971
• Maddex, Robert L. Constitutions of the World. CQ Press. K3157.E5 M33 2001

Secondary Materials- Online

• CIA Factbook Contains up to date information on soveriegn nations compiled by the CIA.
• Background Notes from the United States Department of State containing "facts about the land, people, history, government, political conditions, economy, and foreign relations."
• Study of Comparative Constitutions for Muslim Countries by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom.
• Comparative and Foreign Law Guides A List of research guides relating to comparative and foreign law compiled by the Law Library Resource Xchange website.

Secondary Materials- Books and Journals

• Dorsen, Norman (ed.). The Unpredictable Constitution. New York University Press. KF4550.A2 U57 2002
• Finer, S.E. Comparing Constitutions. Clarendon Press. K3157.E5 F56 1995
• American Journal of Comparative Law. Berkeley University Press. K1 .M451 Issues older than one year are available online from HeinOnline
• American Journal of International Law. K1 .M466 Issues older than one year are available online from HeinOnline
• Berkeley Journal of International Law. K9 .N865 Issues from 3/2000 to present are available online from EbscoHost
• Hastings International and Comparative Law Review. K8 .A827 Issues older than one year are available online from HeinOnline

Journal Articles

• Totten, Christopher D., Constitutional precommitments to gender affirmative action in the European Union, Germany, Canada and the United States: a comparative approach. Berkeley Journal of International Law. v.21 no.1 (Winter 2003) p27-61. Available online from EbscoHost
• Childress, Donald E. III, Using comparative constitutional law to resolve domestic federal questions. Duke Law Journal. v.53 no.1 (October 2003) p193-222. Available online from HeinOnline
• Marcos, Miguel Gonzalez. Comparative law at the service of democracy: a reading of Arosemena's constitutional studies of the Latin American governments. Boston University International Law Journal. v.21 no.2 (Fall 2003) p259-323. Available online from HeinOnline
• Clark, David S., Applied comparative law: researching foreign law in an imperfect world. International Journal of Legal Information. v.30 no.2 (Summer 2002) p232-243. Available online from HeinOnline