• Primary Sources
• Bibliography
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Primary Sources

United States Code Annotated. West Pub. Co., 1927-. DCLI 2d floor
          Annotated edition of the U. S. Constitution in multiple volumes

United States Code Service.  Lexis Law Publishing, 1992-. DCLI 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.

Kaminski, John P. and Gaspare J. Saladino, eds. Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution. State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1976-.  
           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.

Hall, Kermit L. A Comprehensive Bibliography of American Constitutional and Legal History. Supplement 1980-1987. Kraus International, 1991. 2 vols.

Casebooks

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

Briefs

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

Encyclopedias

American Jurisprudence 2d Constitutional Law Vols. 16-16B

Corpus Juris Secundum Constitutional Law Vols. 16-16D

Treatises

Antieau, Chester James. Modern Constitutional Law. 2d ed. West Group, 1997. 3 vols.

Baker, Thomas E. and Jerre S. Williams. Constitutional Analysis in a Nutshell. 2d ed. Thomson/West 2003.

Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation. Library of Congress Ed., 2004.
            Single volume detailed account of the Constitution.
            Available also online at http://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.

Barron, Jerome A. and C. Thomas Dienes. First Amendment Law in a Nutshell. 4th ed. Thomson/West, 2008. Nutshell Series.

Coenen, Dan T. Constitutional Law: The Commerce Clause. N.Y.: Foundation Pr., 2004. Turning Point Series.

Cogan, Neil H., ed. The Complete Bill of Rights: The Drafts, Debates, Sources and Origins. Oxford U. Pr., 1997.

Conkle, Daniel O. Constitutional Law: The Religion Clauses. 2d ed. N.Y.: Foundation Pr., 2009. Turning Point Series.

Friesen, Jennifer. State Constitutional Law: Litigating Individual Rights, Claims and Defenses.  4th ed. Lexis, 2006.

Levy, Leonard and Kenneth L. Karst, eds. Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. 2d ed. Macmillan, 2000. 6 vols.

Lewis, Harold S., Jr. and Elizabeth J. Norman. Civil Rights and Practice. Thomson/West, 2004. Hornbook Series.

Nowak, John E. and Ronald D. Rotunda. Constitutional Law. 7th ed. West Pub. Co., 2004. Hornbook Series.

Nowak, John E. and Ronald D. Rotunda. Principles of Constitutional Law. 3d ed. West Pub. Co., 2007. Concise Hornbook Series.

Rotunda, Ronald D. and John E. Nowak. Treatise on Constitutional Law: Substance and Procedure. 4th ed. West Pub. Co., 2007. 6 vols.

Schwartz, Bernard. The Bill of Rights: A Documentary History. Chelsea House, 1971. 2 vols.

Seidman, Louis Michael. Constitutional Law: Equal Protection of the Laws. N.Y.: Foundation Pr., 2003. Turning Point Series.

Tribe, Laurence H. American Constitutional Law. 3d ed. Foundation Pr., 2000.

Vile, John R. A Companion to the United States Constitution and Its Amendments. 4th ed. Praeger Pr., 2006.

Vile, John R. The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America’s Founding. ABC-CLIO, 2005. 2 vols.

Vile, John R. Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2002. 2d ed. ABC-CLIO, 2003.

Legal Periodicals

Indexes available

Current Index to Legal Periodicals (U. Washington Law Library). A weekly index of 20-40 periodicals by topic and table of contents of each issue. Available in Westlaw as CILP database.

Current Law Index., Information Access Corp., 1980- .
            Available in front of periodical section on DCLI ground floor.

Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals, available in front of periodical section on DCLI ground floor.

Index to Legal Periodicals and Books,  available in front of periodical section on DCLI ground floor. Index to Legal Periodicals (1926-1994) & Index to Legal Periodicals and Books (1994-present)

Legal Trac, available in the law library at http://library.law.duq.edu/record=b168748~S3

Web Sites

 

Blawgs and RSS Feeds

Justia - Constitutional Law Blogs

Resources in SOLCAT

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Constitutional Law -- United States
United States. Constitution.
Constitutional History -- United States
United States. Supreme Court

Recommended Titles:

Title: Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation
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Title: The Constitution of the United States of America : analysis and interpretation : annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952
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Title: The Federalist
Check Availability: In Print and via Hein Online

Title: The Founders' constitution / edited by Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner.
Available online

Title: Exploring constitutional law / Douglas Linder
Available online

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