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1、Researching Constitutions:Comparative Constitutional LawRobin R. GaultAssociate DirectorOctober 2008The idea of a constitution.What is it? Why is it? Why compare?U.S. Constitution as model for others. Researching the ConstitutionCongressional Research Service Annotated Constitution: :/law.cornell.ed

2、u/anncon/ PDF of print version from GPO: ://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.) Court DecisionsThe U.S. Supreme CourtSupreme Court Official Page: :/supr

3、/ Cornell LII Supreme Court Collection: ://supct/index.html 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 on

4、line through Research Center webpage: ://library/lawdatabases.html Foreign Constitutions on the WebUniversity of Richmond Constitution Finder: :// Washburn Law School WashLaw: :// ://forint/alpha/c/constitutionallaw.htmlWorld Legal Information I

5、nstitute: :// Foreign Law inWestlaw and LexisLexis Legal Find Laws by Country or RegionLexis Legal Area of Law By Topic International LawWestlaw Directory International/Worldwide MaterialsResearchingAnalytical SourcesLimited utility of constitutional texts.Need for background, history, a

6、nalysis.Locating Treatisesand Essay CollectionsFSU Library Catalog:Click on link on Research Center home page.Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutional” to begin search.Locating ArticlesIndex to Legal Periodicals and Books (Full Text and Retrospective):Click link on Research Center page: :/law.

7、/library/legalresearch.html#mostusedlegal Use keywords “comparative” and “constitutions” to start.Articles OnlineNote 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 Resea

8、rch Center page or go to ://find/journals Online Research Guides on Comparative Constitutional LawGeorgetown Law Library: ://guides/ComparativeConstitutionalLaw.cfm Cleveland-Marshall Law Library: ://lawlibrary/resources/lawpubs/ComparativeConstitutionalLawGuide.html A Few Recent BooksChoudry, 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 3