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Federal Constitution, Sources for Analysis and Interpretation: General Secondary Sources and Websites

A guide to resources to better understand the federal Constitution

Websites

ConSource: The Constitutional Sources Project
Digital collection of constitutional sources available from the Quill Project at Pembroke College, University of Oxford.

Journal Articles

James H. Hutson, Creation of the Constitution: The Integrity of the Documentary Record , 65 Tex. L. Rev. 1 (1986).
Article describing and evaluating sources documenting the Constitution's drafting and ratification.

Dictionaries, Encyclopedias & Other Reference

Encyclopedia of the American Constitution (2nd ed.) by Leonard Williams Levy, Kenneth L Karst, Adam Winkler,
Call Number: KF4548 .En19 2000

ISBN: 0028648803

Publication Date: 2000-06-19

Dated by highly regarded set covering constitutional issues and cases.
Historical Dictionary of the U. S. Constitution by Richard S. Conley
ISBN: 9781442271876

Publication Date: 2016-08-01

Covers the American Republic's Founding and the Framers, the Constitution's Drafting, constitutional debates over ratification, and traces key events, Supreme Court chief justices, amendments, and Supreme Court cases regarding the Constitution's interpretation.
The Oxford Handbook of the U. S. Constitution by Mark Tushnet (Editor); Mark A. Graber (Editor); Sanford Levinson (Editor)
Call Number: KF4548.5 .O973 2015

ISBN: 9780190245757

Publication Date: 2015-08-31

Comprehensive overview and introduction to the U.S. Constitution from the perspectives of history, political science, law, rights, and constitutional themes. Available at Falvey Library.
The U. S. Constitution a to Z by Robert L. Maddex
ISBN: 9780872897649

Publication Date: 2008-06-01

Easy-to-use reference to key aspects of the Constitution.

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